§ 15-1501. Water withdrawals; permit. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this title, no person who is engaged in, or proposing to engage in, the operation of a water withdrawal system with a capacity of greater than or equal to the threshold volume, shall have any power to do the following until such person has […]
§ 15-1502. Definitions. When used in this title, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. “Coastal communities” shall mean those areas on Long Island where the Magothy aquifer is either absent or contaminated with chlorides. 2. “Lloyd Sands” shall mean that geological strata generally known to be the […]
§ 15-1503. Permits. 1. A permit application or request for a permit renewal or modification shall be made on forms prescribed by the department and shall contain all information requested by the department relative to the withdrawal, use and discharge of water, including: a. with respect to a public water supply system, proof of adequate […]
§ 15-1504. Water withdrawals for agricultural purposes. 1. Applicability. a. This section applies to withdrawals of water for agricultural purposes that have been registered with the department pursuant to the requirements of title sixteen of this article or reported to the department pursuant to the requirements of title thirty-three of this article on or before […]
§ 15-1505. Interbasin diversions and water supply to other states. 1. No person shall transport or carry through pipes, conduits, ditches or canals the waters of any fresh water lake, pond, brook, river, stream, or creek in this state or any well, subsurface or percolating waters of this state into any other state for use […]
§ 15-1506. Transportation of water by vessel. 1. Except as provided in subdivision three of this section, no person or public corporation shall transport or carry by vessel, more than ten thousand gallons in any one day of the waters of any freshwater lake, pond, brook, river, stream, or creek in this state without first […]
§ 15-1507. Municipal water supply reservoirs on forest preserve lands. Any public corporation, now or hereafter empowered by law to construct and operate a publicly owned system for the supply of water for drinking, domestic and public purposes to the inhabitants of any municipality, may make application for the construction and maintenance by the state […]
§ 15-1509. Approval of plans for forest preserve reservoir projects; petition; proceedings. 1. Any publicly owned water supply project involving the construction of a reservoir on forest preserve lands must be submitted for approval to the department as provided in sections 15-1501 and 15-1503 of this article, and the procedure on such an application shall […]
§ 15-1511. Procedure on approval of application with respect to forest preserve reservoir projects. 1. The decision of the department on an application shall be certified to the applicant. Thereafter, and at any time within five years of the date of the decision, the applicant may petition the department that it construct the reservoir and […]
§ 15-1513. Payment of cost of construction. 1. The cost of any such project shall be certified by the department to the applicant and shall be paid by the applicant within thirty days thereafter to the persons or corporations entitled thereto. Either total or partial costs may be thus certified, as the department shall determine. […]
§ 15-1515. Supervision of construction and operation. 1. All construction work which the Department of Environmental Conservation is authorized to undertake by virtue of the provisions of sections 15-1507 through 15-1519 shall be done under the direction of the Commissioner of Transportation. After the works shall have been constructed, they shall thereafter be maintained and […]
§ 15-1517. Reservoir to be owned by the state. Any lands not owned by the state, but required for the purpose of the construction of the reservoir on forest preserve lands shall be acquired by the applicant, by purchase or condemnation, and conveyed by the applicant to the state, provided however that no rental shall […]
§ 15-1519. Reservoir to be kept in repair. The reservoir and appurtenant works shall be kept in safe, sanitary and serviceable condition and to this end shall be repaired, remodeled or additional work done thereon at the request of the applicant or as required by the department. All such work shall be done by the […]
§ 15-1521. Supply of water to other public water supply systems. On any application for a new or increased withdrawal of water for a public water supply system, the department may require or authorize the applicant to make provisions for the supply and to supply water to any area of the state which as determined […]
§ 15-1523. Indirect damages; decision and payment as to Rochester. 1. Whenever the department shall decide that the execution of any water supply project by the city of Rochester will result in damages to persons and property, the determination of and payment for which are not otherwise provided for by law, the department shall so […]
§ 15-1525. Water well drillers in New York state to obtain certificates of registration. 1. No person shall engage in the business of water well drilling in the state of New York without first obtaining a certificate of registration from the department as hereinafter provided. All water well drilling shall be performed in accordance with […]
§ 15-1527. Permit required for certain wells in Long Island counties. 1. No person or public corporation shall hereafter install or operate any new or additional wells in the counties of Kings, Queens, Nassau or Suffolk to withdraw water from underground sources for any purpose or purposes whatsoever where the installed pumping capacity of any […]
§ 15-1528. Moratorium on the drilling of new wells in the Lloyd Sands. 1. The department is directed to identify those areas of Long Island within the counties of Kings, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk which, for the purposes of this section, shall be considered coastal communities. 2. A moratorium shall be established on the granting […]
§ 15-1529. Approval of completed water withdrawal systems. The construction of any new or modified water withdrawal system authorized under this title shall be under the general supervision of a person or firm licensed to practice professional engineering in the state. Upon completion of construction, such person or firm shall certify to the department that […]
§ 15-1530. Long Island water usage information. In Nassau and Suffolk counties, all water purveyors, either public or private, or a water authority, with ten thousand or more customers, shall include water usage information along with customer bills. Such usage information shall be specified in both gallons and cubic feet and at a minimum include: […]
