Minnesota Administrative Rules

6115.0690 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS FOR PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES.

Subpart 1.

Additional application information.

The applicant shall be required to submit to the commissioner all or portions of the following data in addition to the requirements of part 6115.0660:

A.

the number of domestic users;

B.

reasonable projection of population growth;

C.

the number and type of industrial and commercial users of the public water supply system;

D.

the amount of water to be supplied to domestic, industrial, and commercial users respectively;

E.

other users by type of use and amount to be used from the public water supply system such as golf courses, recreational lake level maintenance, water transferred to other supply systems;

F.

information regarding the quantity of the appropriated water to be used in distribution and waste water treatment facilities, not including volume of actual waste water; and

G.

details on emergency plans for water shortage periods outlining public information programs, priorities for limitations of discretionary water use, and alternate sources of public water supplies.

Subp. 2.

Commissioner's actions.

The commissioner shall allow the appropriation of water for public water supply systems based on evaluation and analysis of the data submitted by the applicant under provisions of parts 6115.0660 and subpart 1 of this part and the procedures outlined in part 6115.0670 and subject to subpart 3.

Subp. 3.

Other requirements.

Appropriation permits issued to public water supply authorities shall be subject to requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.291, relating to critical water deficiency periods and restriction of nonessential uses.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 103G.315; 105.415

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008