281.348(1)(g)
(g) "Withdrawal" means the taking of water from surface water or groundwater, including the taking of surface water or groundwater for the purpose of bottling the water.
281.348(2)
(2) Determinations concerning applicability of requirements. 281.348(2)(a)(a) For the purposes of this section, the surface water divide is used to determine whether a withdrawal of surface water or groundwater is from the Great Lakes basin.
281.348(2)(b)
(b) For the purposes of this section, the withdrawal of water from more than one source within the Great Lakes basin to supply a common distribution system is considered one withdrawal.
281.348(3)(a)1.1. The department shall establish, by rule, and administer a continuing water supply planning process for the preparation of water supply plans for persons operating public water supply systems. The period covered by a plan under this subsection may not exceed 20 years. A regional planning commission may prepare plans for persons operating public water supply systems.
281.348(3)(a)2.
2. A person operating a public water supply system that serves a population of 10,000 or more and that withdraws water from the waters of the state shall have an approved plan under this section no later than December 31, 2025.
281.348(3)(b)
(b) The department shall include in the process under
par. (a) procedures and requirements for all of the following:
281.348(3)(b)1.
1. Public review and comment on a proposed plan. For a plan submitted after the compact's effective date covering a public water supply system that withdraws water from the Great Lakes basin, the procedures and requirements under this subdivision shall be consistent with
s. 281.343 (6) (b).
281.348(3)(b)2.
2. Approval of a plan by the governing body of each city, village, and town whose public water supply is addressed by the plan before the plan is submitted to the department.
281.348(3)(b)5.
5. Reopening or reconsideration by the department of a previously approved plan.
281.348(3)(bm)
(bm) A person preparing a plan under
par. (a) shall consider existing regional water needs assessments and other regional water supply planning information.
281.348(3)(c)
(c) A person preparing a plan under
par. (a) shall include all of the following in the plan:
281.348(3)(c)1.
1. Delineation of the area for which the plan is being prepared and proposed water supply service areas for each public water supply system making a withdrawal covered by the plan, except as provided in
par. (cm).
281.348(3)(c)2.
2. An inventory of the sources and quantities of the current water supplies in the area.
281.348(3)(c)3.
3. A forecast of the demand for water in the area over the period covered by the plan.
281.348(3)(c)3m.
3m. Identification of the existing population and population density of the area for which the plan is prepared and forecasts of the expected population of the area during the period covered by the plan based on growth projections for the area and municipally planned population densities.
281.348(3)(c)4.
4. Identification of the options for supplying water in the area for the period covered by the plan that are approvable under other applicable statutes and rules and that are cost-effective based upon a cost-effectiveness analysis of regional and individual water supply and water conservation alternatives.
281.348(3)(c)5.
5. An assessment of the environmental and economic impacts of carrying out specific significant recommendations of the plan.
281.348(3)(c)6.
6. A demonstration that the plan will effectively utilize existing water supply storage and distribution facilities and wastewater infrastructure to the extent practicable.
281.348(3)(c)7.
7. Identification of the procedures for implementing and enforcing the plan and a commitment to using those procedures.
281.348(3)(c)8.
8. An analysis of how the plan supports and is consistent with any applicable comprehensive plans, as defined in
s. 66.1001 (1) (a), and applicable approved areawide water quality management plans under
s. 283.83.
281.348(3)(cm)
(cm) For the purposes of plans under
par. (a), an areawide water quality planning agency designated by the governor under
ch. NR 121, Wis. Adm. Code, shall delineate the proposed water supply service areas for all of the public water supply systems in the planning area for which the agency is designated. An areawide water quality planning agency shall delineate proposed water supply service areas that are consistent with the approved areawide water quality management plan under
s. 283.83 for the planning area and that permit the development of plans that are approvable under
par. (d). An areawide water quality planning agency may also provide regional water needs assessments and other regional water supply planning information. The process for conducting regional activities under this subsection may be the same as the process for regional water supply planning for a groundwater management area designated under
s. 281.34 (9).
281.348(3)(d)
(d) The department may not approve a plan under this subsection unless all of the following apply:
281.348(3)(d)1.
1. The plan provides for a water supply system that is approvable under this section and other applicable statutes and rules based on a cost-effectiveness analysis of regional and individual water supply and water conservation alternatives.
281.348(3)(d)2.
2. The plan will effectively utilize existing water supply storage and distribution facilities and wastewater infrastructure to the extent practicable.
281.348(3)(d)4.
4. The plan is consistent with any applicable approved areawide water quality management plans under
s. 283.83.
281.348(3)(d)5.
5. Beginning on December 8, 2011, if the plan covers a public water supply system that withdraws water from the Great Lakes basin, the plan complies with any applicable requirements in
s. 281.346 (5e).
281.348(3)(e)
(e) The department shall specify in a plan under this section a water supply service area for each public water supply system making a withdrawal covered by the plan. The department may not limit water supply service areas based on jurisdictional boundaries, except as necessary to prevent waters of the Great Lakes basin from being transferred from a county that lies completely or partly within the Great Lakes basin into a county that lies entirely outside the Great Lakes basin.
281.348(4)
(4) Withdrawal amount in certain plans. In a plan under this section that covers a public water supply system making a withdrawal from the Great Lakes basin, the department shall specify a withdrawal amount for the public water supply system equal to the greatest of the following:
281.348(4)(a)
(a) The amount needed for the public water supply system to provide a public water supply in the water supply service area in the plan during the period covered by the plan, as determined using the population and related service projections in the plan.
281.348(4)(b)
(b) If the withdrawal is covered by an individual permit issued under
s. 281.344 (5) or
281.346 (5) when the department approves the plan, the withdrawal amount in that permit when the department approves the plan or, if the withdrawal is covered by a general permit issued under
s. 281.344 (4s) or
281.346 (4s) when the department approves the plan, the withdrawal amount for the public water supply system in the database under
s. 281.346 (4s) (i) when the department approves the plan.
281.348 History
History: 2007 a. 227;
2009 a. 28.
281.35
281.35
Water resources conservation and management. 281.35(1)(b)
(b) "Authorized base level of water loss" means any of the following:
281.35(1)(b)1.
1. The maximum 30-day average water loss authorized as a condition of an approval.
281.35(1)(b)3.
3. If there is no water loss from an existing withdrawal, zero gallons per day.
281.35(1)(bm)
(bm) "Compact's effective date" means the effective date of the Great Lakes — St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact under
s. 281.343.
281.35(1)(c)
(c) "Consumptive use" means a use of waters of the state, other than an interbasin diversion, that results in a failure to return any or all of the water to the basin from which it is withdrawn. "Consumptive uses" include, but are not limited to, evaporation and incorporation of water into a product or agricultural crop.
281.35(1)(cm)
(cm) "Facility" means an operating plant or establishment providing electricity to the public or carrying on any manufacturing activity, trade, or business on one site, including similar plants or establishments under common ownership or control located on contiguous properties.
281.35(1)(d)
(d) "Great Lakes basin" means the watershed of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River upstream from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
281.35(1)(e)
(e) "Great Lakes charter" means the document establishing the principles for the cooperative management of Great Lakes water resources, signed by the governors and premiers of the Great Lakes region on February 11, 1985.
281.35(1)(f)
(f) "Great Lakes region" means the geographic region composed of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio and Wisconsin, the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, Canada.
281.35(1)(g)
(g) "Interbasin diversion" means a transfer of the waters of the state from either the Great Lakes basin or the upper Mississippi River basin to any other basin.
281.35(1)(h)
(h) "International joint commission" means the commission established by the boundary water agreement of 1909 between the United States and Canada.
281.35(1)(i)
(i) "Person" has the meaning given in
s. 281.01 (9) and also includes special purpose districts established under
s. 66.0827, other states and provinces and political subdivisions of other states and provinces.
281.35(1)(j)
(j) "Upper Mississippi River basin" means the watershed of the Mississippi River upstream from Cairo, Illinois.
281.35(1)(k)
(k) "Upper Mississippi River region" means the geographic region composed of the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin.
281.35(1)(L)
(L) "Water loss" means a loss of water from the basin from which it is withdrawn as a result of interbasin diversion or consumptive use or both.
281.35(1)(m)
(m) "Withdrawal" means the removal or taking of water from the waters of the state.
281.35(2)
(2) Aggregation of multiple withdrawals. In calculating the total amount of an existing or proposed water loss for purposes of determining the applicability of
sub. (4), a person shall include all separate interbasin diversions and consumptive uses, or combinations thereof, which the person makes or proposes to make to supply a single facility or public water supply system.
281.35(4)(a)(a) This subsection applies to all of the following:
281.35(4)(a)1.
1. A person to whom a permit has been issued under
s. 30.18 or who is required to obtain a permit under that section before beginning or increasing a withdrawal.
281.35(4)(a)2m.
2m. A person who is operating a well under an approval issued under
s. 281.34 or who is required to obtain an approval under that section before constructing a well.
281.35(4)(a)3.
3. An owner who is operating a system or plant under plans approved under
s. 281.41 or who is required to submit plans and obtain an approval under that section before construction or extension of a proposed system or plant.
281.35(4)(a)4.
4. A person to whom a permit under
s. 281.344 (5) or
281.346 (5) has been issued or who is required to obtain a permit under one of those provisions before beginning or increasing a withdrawal.
281.35(4)(b)
(b) Before any person specified in
par. (a) may begin a new withdrawal or increase the amount of an existing withdrawal, the person shall apply to the department under
s. 30.18,
281.34,
281.344 (5),
281.346 (5), or
281.41 for a new approval or a modification of its existing approval if either of the following conditions applies:
281.35(4)(b)1.
1. The person proposes to begin a new withdrawal that will result in a water loss averaging more than 2,000,000 gallons per day in any 30-day period.
281.35(4)(b)2.
2. The person proposes to increase an existing withdrawal that will result in a water loss averaging more than 2,000,000 gallons per day in any 30-day period above the person's authorized base level of water loss.
281.35(5)(a)(a)
Application. An application under
sub. (4) (b) shall contain a statement of and documentation for all of the following:
281.35(5)(a)1.
1. The current operating capacity of the withdrawal system, if the proposed increase requires the expansion of an existing system.
281.35(5)(a)2.
2. The total new or increased operating capacity of the withdrawal system.
281.35(5)(a)6.
6. The estimated average annual and monthly volumes and rates of withdrawal.
281.35(5)(a)7.
7. The estimated average annual and monthly volumes and rates of water loss.
281.35(5)(a)8.
8. The anticipated effects, if any, that the withdrawal will have on existing uses of water resources and related land uses both within and outside of the Great Lakes basin or the upper Mississippi River basin.
281.35(5)(a)9.
9. Any land acquisition, equipment, energy consumption or the relocation or resiting of any existing community, facility, right-of-way or structure that will be required.
281.35(5)(a)10.
10. The total anticipated costs of any proposed construction.
281.35(5)(a)11.
11. A list of all federal, state, provincial and local approvals, permits, licenses and other authorizations required for any proposed construction.
281.35(5)(a)13.
13. A statement as to whether the proposed withdrawal complies with all applicable plans for the use, management and protection of the waters of the state and related land resources, including plans developed under
s. 283.83.
281.35(5)(a)14.
14. A description of other ways the applicant's need for water may be satisfied if the application is denied or modified.
281.35(5)(a)15.
15. A description of the conservation practices the applicant intends to follow.
281.35(5)(a)16.
16. Any other information required by the department by rule.
281.35(5)(b)
(b)
Great Lakes basin; consultation required. If the department receives an application before the compact's effective date that, if approved, will result in a new water loss to the Great Lakes basin averaging more than 5,000,000 gallons per day in any 30-day period, or an increase in an existing withdrawal that will result in a water loss averaging 5,000,000 gallons per day in any 30-day period above the applicant's authorized base level of water loss, the department shall notify the office of the governor or premier and the agency responsible for management of water resources in each state and province of the Great Lakes region and, if required under the boundary water agreement of 1909, the international joint commission. The department shall also request each state and province that has cooperated in establishing the regional consultation procedure under
sub. (11m) to comment on the application. In making its determination on an application, the department shall consider any comments that are received within the time limit established under
par. (c).
