(a) Each water utility coordinating committee shall prepare a coordinated water system plan in the public water supply management area. Such plan shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Public Health for his approval not more than two years after the first meeting of the committee. The plan shall promote cooperation among public water systems and include, but not be limited to, provisions for (1) integration of public water systems, consistent with the protection and enhancement of public health and well-being; (2) integration of water company plans; (3) exclusive service areas; (4) joint management or ownership of services; (5) satellite management services; (6) interconnections between public water systems; (7) integration of land use and water system plans; (8) minimum design standards; (9) water conservation; (10) the impact on other uses of water resources including water quality, flood management, recreation and aquatic habitat issues; and (11) acquisition of land surrounding wells proposed to be located in stratified drifts.

(b) The plan shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of this section. The committee shall prepare a draft of the plan and solicit comments thereon from the Commissioners of Public Health and Energy and Environmental Protection, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and any municipality, regional council of governments or other interested party within the management area. The municipalities and regional councils of governments shall comment on, but shall not be limited to commenting on, the consistency of the plan with local and regional land use plans and policies. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall comment on, but shall not be limited to commenting on, the cost-effectiveness of the plan. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall comment on, but shall not be limited to commenting on, the consistency of the plan with state policies. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall comment on, but shall not be limited to commenting on, the availability of water for any proposed diversion, water quality, flood management, recreation and aquatic habitat issues. The Commissioner of Public Health shall comment on, but shall not be limited to commenting on the availability of pure and adequate water supplies, potential conflicts over the use of such supplies, and consistency with the goals of sections 25-33c to 25-33j, inclusive.

(c) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 establishing the contents of a plan and a procedure for approval or amendment to the plan.

(P.A. 85-535, S. 6, 13; P.A. 89-305, S. 24, 32; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 97-84; P.A. 02-139, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 79; P.A. 13-247, S. 312; P.A. 14-163, S. 6.)

History: P.A. 89-305 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (10), concerning acquisition of land surrounding wells proposed to be located in stratified drifts, as component of plan; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-84 added new Subsec. (a)(9) re water conservation, renumbering remaining Subdivs. accordingly; P.A. 02-139 amended Subsec. (c) by requiring the commissioner to adopt regulations re amendment to the plan; P.A. 11-80 changed “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and changed “Department of Public Utility Control” to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “regional planning agency” and “regional planning agencies” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “regional council of government” and “regional councils of governments”, respectively, in Subsec. (b), effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 14-163 amended Subsec. (a)(10) by adding reference to water quality, flood management, recreation and aquatic habitat issues and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing references to regional planning agencies with references to regional councils of governments and adding reference to water quality, flood management, recreation and aquatic habitat issues, effective July 1, 2014.