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RI Gen L § 46-15.3-7.7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.3 - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection|Section 46-15.3-7.7 - Water suppliers - Temporary exemption.

§ 46-15.3-7.7. Water suppliers — Temporary exemption.Those water suppliers, and all others subject to the provisions of this chapter, who, at the time that this chapter takes effect, have in process the development of a water supply management plan, or component thereof, as required under any provision of the general laws, shall be temporarily exempt from having to comply with this chapter, for a period of five (5) years following the submission of a water supply management plan required under other provisions of the general laws.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 360, § 3.
RI Gen L § 46-15.3-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.3 - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection|Section 46-15.3-8 - Notice of imposition of charge - Actions to contest validity.

§ 46-15.3-8. Notice of imposition of charge — Actions to contest validity.Notice of the imposition of the water quality protection charge shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the state of Rhode Island at some time subsequent to the imposition of the water quality protection charge. Actions to contest the validity of the proceedings for the imposition of the water quality protection charge must be commenced within sixty (60) days after the date of the notice, and no action thereafter commenced shall raise any question concerning the validity of the proceedings and imposition of the water quality protection charge. After the expiration of the period of sixty (60) days, the validity of the proceedings and the imposition of the water quality protection charge shall be conclusively presumed.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 417, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-15.3-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.3 - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection|Section 46-15.3-12 - Dissolution.

§ 46-15.3-12. Dissolution.If the board shall be dissolved, all funds of the board not required for the payment of bonds shall be paid to the general treasurer for the use of the state, and all property belonging to the board shall be vested in the state and delivered to it. If the fund for the city of Providence shall be dissolved, all the funds not required for the payment of bonds shall be paid to the city of Providence.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 417, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-15.3-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.3 - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection|Section 46-15.3-13 - Severability - Construction.

§ 46-15.3-13. Severability — Construction.(a) If any provision of this chapter shall be held invalid in any circumstance, the invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or circumstances.(b) This chapter shall be construed in all respects so as to meet all constitutional requirements. In carrying out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, all steps shall be taken which are necessary to meet constitutional requirements whether or not the steps are required by statute.(c) This chapter shall be construed liberally in aid of its declared purposes. The powers granted hereby shall be in addition to, independent of, and not in substitution for any other powers granted by law.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 417, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-15.3-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.3 - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection|Section 46-15.3-14 - Repealed.

§ 46-15.3-14. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 46-15.3-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.3 - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection|Section 46-15.3-15 - Repealed.

§ 46-15.3-15. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 46-15.3-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.3 - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection|Section 46-15.3-16 - Actions by the department of health.

§ 46-15.3-16. Actions by the department of health.The department of health shall review each water supply system management plan, replacement or amendment thereto filed with it, submit comments in writing to the water resources board, as to its completeness, appropriateness for the area served, and adequacy to achieve the objectives of this chapter, and, as appropriate, to meet the requirements of the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, Chapter 13 of this title, Public Drinking Water Supply, and Chapter 14 of this title, Contamination of Drinking Water.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 360, § 3.
RI Gen L § 46-15.3-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.3 - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection|Section 46-15.3-17 - Actions by the department of environmental management.

§ 46-15.3-17. Actions by the department of environmental management.The department of environmental management shall review each water supply system management plan, replacement or amendment thereto filed with it, and submit comments in writing to the water resources board.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 360, § 3.
RI Gen L § 46-15.3-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.3 - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection|Section 46-15.3-18 - Actions by the division of planning of the department of administration.

§ 46-15.3-18. Actions by the division of planning of the department of administration.The division of planning of the department of administration shall:Review each water supply system management plan, replacement, or amendment thereto submitted by a water supplier as provided by § 46-15.3-5.1 and submit comments in writing to the water resources board. Water supply system management plans or amendments thereto prepared by municipalities as required by § 46-15.3-5.1 shall be reviewed as provided by chapter 22.2 of title 45.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 360, § 3.
RI Gen L § 46-15.3-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.3 - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection|Section 46-15.3-19 - Actions by the division of public utilities and carriers and the public utilities commission.

§ 46-15.3-19. Actions by the division of public utilities and carriers and the public utilities commission.The division of public utilities and carriers shall review each water supply system management plan, replacement or amendment thereto filed with it by a regulated water supplier and submit comments in writing to the water resources board as to its completeness, appropriateness for the area served and adequateness to achieve the objective of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 360, § 3.
RI Gen L § 46-15.3-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.3 - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection|Section 46-15.3-20 - Enforcement.

§ 46-15.3-20. Enforcement.(a) The water resources board shall forward any determination of non-compliance made pursuant to §§ 46-15.3-7.5 and 46-15.3-7.6 to the division of public utilities and carriers. The division of public utilities and carriers shall consider such determinations of non-compliance as a complaint under § 39-4-3.(b) The order of the division of public utilities and carriers may be appealed pursuant to § 39-5-1.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 360, § 3; P.L. 2010, ch. 239, § 23.
RI Gen L § 46-15.3-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.3 - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection|Section 46-15.3-21 - Fees, rates and charges.

§ 46-15.3-21. Fees, rates and charges.(a) The fees, rates, and charges for drinking water are a mandatory component of water supply system management.(b) The following factors shall be considered in setting fees, rates, and charges:(1) Recovery of all capital and operating costs, fixed and variable of production, conservation, use, management, protection, obtaining, development, procuring, and/or transporting water, and its sale at wholesale or retail;(2) Marginal cost pricing;(3) Emergency and drought period surcharges;(4) Seasonal price structures;(5) Difference in costs based upon different points of delivery;(6) The effect of fees, rates, and charges on use of water and, where applicable, on wastewater costs and charges;(7) The effect of reducing leakage to levels consistent with stated goals;(8) Preparing, maintaining and implementing water supply system management programs; and(9) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Providence water supply board shall transfer to the general fund of the city of Providence an amount equal to five percent (5%) per annum times the annual gross revenues of the Providence water supply board for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, and for the next two (2) succeeding fiscal years. This transfer shall not be included as part of the Providence water supply board's rates approved by a final unappealable order of the public utilities commission for the same three (3) fiscal years.(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 39-2-2 and 39-2-5, all rates and charges made by water suppliers which decline as quantity used increased are hereby declared to be no longer conducive to sound water supply system management designed to properly conserve, develop, utilize, and protect this finite natural resource. The public utilities commission may order rates for suppliers of water which either do not vary with quantities used or when there is evidence of increasing costs to either the utility or to society, rates which increase as the quantity used increases. If the commission finds that changing rates to comply with this section will cause a hardship to a class of customers, the commission may order that rates for that class of customers be changed to comply with this section over a period of time not to exceed five (5) years.(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 39-2-2 and 39-2-5, the public utilities commission may order a reduction in rates consistent with the amount by which a supplier exceeds the stated goals for leakage.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 360, § 4; P.L. 2003, ch. 376, art. 7, § 13; P.L. 2009, ch. 288, § 8; P.L. 2009, ch. 341, § 8.
RI Gen L § 46-15.3-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.3 - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection|Section 46-15.3-22 - Billing and collection of fees, rates, and charges.

§ 46-15.3-22. Billing and collection of fees, rates, and charges.(a) Financial support of water supply and provision of timely and accurate information on costs to users are mandatory components of water supply system management.(b) All water suppliers shall meter all water delivered and shall maintain and replace meters in accordance with their management plans. Water suppliers that service the Town of Johnston shall formulate and carry out a program for installation of radio frequency reading systems. These programs shall be initiated not later than December 31, 2015.(c) Water suppliers shall record metered usage and bill quarterly or less frequently by December 31, 2013.(d) [Deleted by P.L. 2009, ch. 288, § 8 and P.L. 2009, ch. 341, § 8].History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 360, § 4; P.L. 2009, ch. 288, § 8; P.L. 2009, ch. 341, § 8; P.L. 2013, ch. 495, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-15.3-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.3 - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection|Section 46-15.3-23 - Sanitary device retrofitting.

§ 46-15.3-23. Sanitary device retrofitting.(a) Water supply system management shall include retrofitting existing water users not in conformance with the state plumbing code standards for new or replacement sanitary devices with water-saving plumbing equipment, including, but not limited to, low-flow faucet aerators and shower heads, toilet displacement equipment, and materials for toilet tank leak detection.(b) A water utility may act as a central purchaser and supplier of water efficiency devices which comply with state plumbing codes and may enter into cooperative agreements with other water suppliers or other agencies to facilitate bulk purchases of water efficiency devices required to implement, approved retrofit plans. A retrofitting program shall include, without limitation:(1) Annual notification to each residential class user of the objectives and accomplishments of the retrofit program and of the availability of water-saving plumbing devices at cost or at no direct cost;(2) Installation of water saving plumbing equipment for residential class users by the water supplier at cost or at no direct cost as scheduled in the water supply system management plan;(3) Technical assistance and water audits to formulate and implement retrofit programs for major multiple unit housing areas or developments and commercial and industrial users. Water suppliers may enter into cooperative agreements with the owners or management of such users for the preparation of specifications, bulk purchase, and installation of sanitary device retrofit equipment for the purpose of implementing retrofit programs.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 360, § 4; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 51.
RI Gen L § 46-15.3-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.3 - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection|Section 46-15.3-24 - Financing water supply system management.

§ 46-15.3-24. Financing water supply system management.(a) The cost of water supply system management planning and water supply system management as required by this chapter shall be financed as follows:(1) The cost of preparing and maintaining water supply system management plans as required by § 46-15.3-5.1(A)(1) shall be paid by the municipality from any funds made available under chapter 22.2 of title 45 or from any other funds used to prepare, maintain, and amend local comprehensive plans. Expenses incurred in conducting these activities are exempt from reimbursement as a state mandate under §§ 45-13-6 through 45-13-10;(2) The cost of preparing and maintaining water supply system management plans and carrying out water supply system management programs as required by § 46-15.3-5.1(A)(2), shall be paid from charges against water users. Such charges shall be limited to those necessary and reasonable to undertake the actions required by this chapter, and shall be included in bills rendered in accordance with § 46-15.3-21(b);(b) A public or private utility, under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission, providing water service may file with the public utilities commission proposed rates and charges, including emergency rate relief, so as to provide for the necessary and reasonable costs of carrying out the requirements of this chapter. The public utilities commission shall hear and decide such requests as provided by title 39, and shall allow adjustments in rates necessary to offset necessary and reasonable reductions in revenues resulting from implementation of a water supply system management program;(c) Water utilities will be operated as financially self-supporting agencies and shall maintain revenue levels sufficient to cover all fixed and variable capital and operating costs of conservation, use, management, protection, development and other costs of water supply and may be allowed a reasonable profit.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 360, § 4; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 51.
RI Gen L § 46-15.3-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.3 - Public Drinking Water Supply System Protection|Section 46-15.3-25 - Transfer of charges to Rhode Island infrastructure bank.

§ 46-15.3-25. Transfer of charges to Rhode Island infrastructure bank.Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, upon the dissolution of the water resources board (corporate) pursuant to § 46-15.1-22, any charges remitted to the water resources board (corporate) pursuant to this chapter shall be remitted to the Rhode Island infrastructure bank, a body politic and corporate and public instrumentality of the state established pursuant to chapter 12.2 of title 46.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 68, art. 5, § 7; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 14, § 21.
RI Gen L § 46-15.4-1 - 46-15.4-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.4 - Water Supply Management|Section 46-15.4-1 - 46-15.4-16 - Repealed.

§ 46-15.4-1 — 46-15.4-16. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 46-15.5-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.5 - Bristol County Water Supply|Section 46-15.5-1 - Name.

§ 46-15.5-1. Name.This chapter shall be referred to as the "Bristol County Water Supply Act".History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 134, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-15.5-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.5 - Bristol County Water Supply|Section 46-15.5-2 - Legislative declaration.

§ 46-15.5-2. Legislative declaration.Recognizing the importance of protecting, maintaining and utilizing all sources of potable water and recognizing that with the continued demands on the Scituate Reservoir, this general assembly hereby finds and declares that:(1) The citizens of Bristol County lack an adequate and secure supply of potable water;(2) Heretofore acting through the Bristol County water authority, the citizens of Bristol County have presented a proposal for the construction to bring water from the Scituate Reservoir to Bristol County;(3) The state and its citizens would be better served and the environment enhanced by the construction of an additional connection connecting Bristol County to the Scituate Reservoir;(4) The need for water in Bristol County is critical and requires immediate and prompt action on the part of the state, its agencies, boards and commissions;(5) [Deleted by P.L. 2021, ch. 92, §  1 and P.L. 2021, ch. 95, §  1.](6) The alternatives authorized by this chapter will be less expensive than the East Providence connection, so-called; and(7) Reliance by citizens of East Providence and Bristol County on a single connection would create a hazard to the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of East Providence and Bristol County, and, therefore, the construction of an emergency connection that shall permit water to flow in either direction is a public necessity.(8) [Deleted by P.L. 2021, ch. 92, §  1 and P.L. 2021, ch. 95, §  1.]History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 134, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 243, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 92, § 1, effective July 1, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 95, § 1, effective July 1, 2021.
RI Gen L § 46-15.5-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.5 - Bristol County Water Supply|Section 46-15.5-4 - Rates and charges for water.

§ 46-15.5-4. Rates and charges for water.If either the city of East Providence or the Bristol County water authority shall utilize the emergency connection, the party providing water shall charge the party for the water so provided an amount determined by applying the rate charged to such providing party by the Providence water supply board under the then current schedule applicable to such party. No such connection nor the transmission of water through such connection nor the payment of the surcharge shall subject the City of East Providence to the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission pursuant to § 39-1-2(a)(20).History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 134, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 243, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-15.5-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.5 - Bristol County Water Supply|Section 46-15.5-5 - Financing.

§ 46-15.5-5. Financing.(a) The Bristol County water authority extension of its transmission system to connect to the Providence water supply system through the additional connection together with the emergency connection as set forth in § 46-15.5-3 and the cost of planning, design and permitting the improvements to the Bristol County water authority's existing system as set forth in § 46-15.5-6 (the "existing system" enhancement) as directed by the water resources board shall be deemed an approved intersystem facility as that term is defined in § 46-15.2-3 and fifty percent (50%) of the cost thereof shall be considered eligible for funding pursuant to the provisions of chapter 15.2 of this title. There is hereby included in the 1994 capital budget an amount equal to $14.8 million ($14,800,000) to be used to fund such additional connections, the emergency connection and the existing system enhancement. The water resources board is hereby directed to take such steps as shall be necessary to transfer any funds heretofore set aside or designated for purposes of providing funding to the Bristol County water authority for the cross-bay pipeline to the East Providence connection authorized and directed by this chapter.(b) The Bristol County water authority is deemed to have met the provisions of § 46-15.2-5(d)(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (8), (e) and (f) with respect to the connections authorized by this chapter. The water resources board shall give priority to the application filed by the Bristol County water authority in accordance with chapter 15.2 of this title and this chapter and shall approve the project based upon its findings of fact as provided in §§ 46-15.2-5(d)(1) and (7) without the necessity of meeting any other conditions precedent set forth in §§ 46-15.2-4(e) and 46-15.2-6(a).(c) All other state agencies having jurisdiction over the Bristol County water authority with respect to any permit required to design and construct the additional and emergency connections authorized by this chapter shall give administrative, hearing and decisional priority to any application for any such permit.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 134, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 243, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 52.
RI Gen L § 46-15.5-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.5 - Bristol County Water Supply|Section 46-15.5-6 - Existing facilities of the Bristol County water authority.

§ 46-15.5-6. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 134, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 243, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 52; repealed by P.L. 2021, ch. 93, § 1, effective July 1, 2021; repealed by P.L. 2021, ch. 94, § 1, effective July 1, 2021.
RI Gen L § 46-15.5-6.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-15.5 - Bristol County Water Supply|Section 46-15.5-6.1 - Limitation on expenditures.

§ 46-15.5-6.1. Limitation on expenditures.The Bristol County water authority shall pay fifty percent (50%) of costs of planning, design, permitting and construction of the additional and emergency connections authorized by this chapter until the total cost thereof shall equal $29.6 million ($29,600,000). All costs in excess of $29.6 million ($29,600,000) will be paid by the Bristol County water authority. In the event that the total expenditures by the Bristol County water authority for the planning, design, permitting and construction of the additional and emergency connections authorized hereby shall be less than $14.8 million ($14,800,000), the Bristol County water authority shall expend the differences for the planning, design, permitting and construction of the existing systems enhancements, with the first priority being given to the completion of a new raw water transmission line to the existing Bristol County reservoirs.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 243, § 2.