The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health and the chairperson of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, shall prepare guidelines for acquisition of lands surrounding existing or proposed public water supply well fields. In preparing such guidelines the commissioner shall consider economic implications for mandating land acquisition including, but not limited to, the effect on land values and the ability of small water companies to absorb the cost of acquisition.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-354w
Guidelines for acquisition of lands surrounding public water supply well fields
Known as the Connecticut Water Diversion Policy Act
The act spans §§ 22–22 (112 sections).
(P.A. 89-305, S. 17, 32; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-180, S. 79, 166; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 69.) History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health …
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