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# HOW$TO$GET$THE WATER$YOU$NEED2 

## REGULATIONS&VARY&BY&STATE & FUNCTION&OF&WHERE&IN PENNSYLVANIA3 

## Pennsylvania  Delaware&River&Basin  Susquehanna&River&Basin  Ohio&River&Basin4 

## Pennsylvania5 

## Pennsylvania  Delaware&&&Susquehanna&River&Basins  Withdrawals&Governed&by&Interstate Commissions6 

## Pennsylvania  Purpose&of&the&Delaware&River&Basin: ".(.(.(to(promote(interstate(comity;(to(remove(causes(of present(and(future(controversy;(to(make(secure(and protect(present(developments(within(the(states;(to encourage(and(provide(for(the(planning,(conserva@on, u@liza@on,(development,(management(and(control(of(the water(resources(of(the(basin;( ... to(apply(the(principle(of equal(and(uniform(treatment(to(all(water(users(who(are similarly(situated(and(to(all(users(of(related(facili@es."7 

## Pennsylvania  Ohio&River&Basin  No(Commission  Ohio(River(Valley(Water(Sanita@on(Commission (ORSANCO)( –(currently(regulates(water(quality issues( – (NOT(withdrawals  BUT(.(.(.8 

## Pennsylvania  ORSANCO  Commissioners(are(exploring(op@ons  Agreed(that(withdrawals(are(significant(issue  Reasonable(for(ORSANCO(to(assume responsibility  Poten@al(first(step( – (MOU(among(governors9 

## Pennsylvania  Regardless&of&LocaYon&within&Pennsylvania& –  Water(Management(Plan(must(be(filed(with DEP(&(Act(220(Registra@on(if(the(same operator(draws(in(excess(of(10,000( gpd (in any(30_day(period(from(the(same watershed10 

## Pennsylvania  PA&DEP&Water&Management&Plan&Overview& –  Water(withdrawal(plans(approved(by(SRBC(and DRBC  SRBC/DRBC(approvals(sa@sfy( DEP's(requirements &reduce(redundancy(of(repor@ng(requirements  DEP(is(applying( SRBC's passby(flow(guidelines  List(of(water(sources(proposed,(organized(by(river basin/subbasin /watershed  Withdrawal(data(must(be(kept(for(five(years(and available(upon(request  Data(submided(at(least(quarterly11 

## Pennsylvania PA$DEP$Water$Management$Plan$Overview$(cont'd)  Surface&Water&Source&and&Groundwater&Source Requirements&Similar:

 Source(ID(&(No@fica@on  River(Basin(Commission(Approvals  Low(Flow(Analysis( –(Surface(Water(ONLY  Stream(Classifica@on(and(Uses  PA(Natural(Diversity(Inventory  Withdrawal(Impacts(Analysis( – (less(rigorous(for groundwater(sources12 

## Pennsylvania PA$DEP$Water$Management$Plan$Overview$(cont'd)  Water&Resource&Planning&Act& –&27& Pa.C.S .&Chapter 31

 Established(registra@on(requirements  Also(prohibited(poli@cal(subdivisions(from(alloca@ng water(resources((other(than(SRBC/DRBC)  Important(in(the(context(of(Act(13(and(impact(fee  Act(13(defini@on(of("oil(and(gas(opera@ons"(does(not include(water(withdrawals13 

## West&Virginia  Large&QuanYty&User&Survey&&&RegistraYon  Water&Management&Plans&for&Well&Work Permits14 

## West&Virginia  Chapter&22,&ArYcle&26& –&the&Water&Resource&Protect Act  Requires(DEP(to(conduct(periodic(survey(of(all("large quan@ty(users"  Large(quan@ty(users(=(>(750,000(gallons(in(a(calendar month  Very(basic(informa@on(on(loca@on,(amount,(and(loca@on of(discharge15 Water&Management&Plan (Emergency&Rule&and&ArYcle&6A&very&similar) On&an&individual well&or&a watershed basis 

## West&Virginia16 

## West&Virginia Water$Management$Plan$(cont'd)  Permit&ApplicaYon&to&IdenYfy:  Type(of(Water(Source(and(Loca@on  An@cipated(Volume(of(Each(Withdrawal  An@cipated(Months(of(Withdrawals  Management(and(Disposi@on(of(Wastewater  List(of(An@cipated(Addi@ves(to(Water17 

## West&Virginia Water$Management$Plan$(cont'd)  &&Surface&Water&Withdrawals&Requirements • Iden@fy(designated(and(exis@ng(water(uses • Public(water(intakes(within(1(mile(downstream • Demonstrate(sufficient(in_stream(flow • Methods(to(minimize(significant(adverse(impact • No@ce(to(DEP(prior(to(withdrawal • Install(signs(at(withdrawal(points • Records(of( flowback(and(produced(water • Disposal(method(of( flowback(and(produced(water18 

## Ohio &&Water&Withdrawal&FaciliYes&RegistraYon  §(1521.16( –(a(facility(or(combina@on(of facili@es(with(the(capacity(greater(than 100,000( gpd (must(register(with(Ohio( DNR  Info(req.(inc.(capacity,(aquifer(u@lized(or surface(water,(loca@on,(where(the(water will(be(used,(and(type(and(loca@on(of discharge(points19 

## 2007&Ohio&Water&Withdrawals by&Category20 

## AddiYonal&Water&Sourcing&Issues  Purchasing&Water:  Municipal&Water&Systems  Private&owners&of&lakes&and&ponds