NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1117

HOUSE BILL 996

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF WATER RESOURCES TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM OF REPORTING WATER USE INFORMATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 143-355 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"(k)      Water Use Information. Any person using, withdrawing, diverting or obtaining water from surface streams, lakes and underground water sources shall, upon the request of the Department, file a monthly report with the Department of Water Resources showing the amount of water used, withdrawn, diverted or obtained from such sources. Such report shall be on a form supplied by the Department and shall show the identification of the water well or other withdrawal facility, location, withdrawal rate (measured in gallons per minute), and total gallons withdrawn during the month. Reports required to be filed under this subsection shall be filed on or before the fifteenth day of the month succeeding the month during which the using, withdrawing, diverting or obtaining water required to be reported occurred. Provided, however, this provision does not include use for household, livestock, or gardens. All reports required under this Act are provided solely for the purpose of the Department of Water Resources."

Sec. 2.  This authority is in addition and supplemental to all other authority relating to the reporting of water use information.

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of July, 1967.