Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 100-199 - Environmental Protection General › Chapter NR 142 - Wisconsin Water Management And Conservation › Section NR 142.04 - Determining consumptive use

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Persons
				required to provide volumes and rates of consumptive use to the department
				under s.
				NR 142.06(2)
				(g) shall do so in the following manner:
(a) If a person is making a withdrawal for
				the purpose of irrigating agricultural crops, a golf course, or for any other
				nondomestic irrigation purposes; a coefficient of 70% of the total amount
				withdrawn shall be used to estimate consumptive use.
(b) If a person is making a withdrawal for
				the purpose of a nonirrigation agricultural activity, such as the watering and
				washing of livestock, or for any other agricultural purpose, a coefficient of
				90% of the total amount withdrawn shall be used to estimate consumptive
				use.
(c) If a person is making a
				withdrawal for the purpose of operating a thermoelectric power generating
				facility, a coefficient to be determined by each person operating such a
				facility shall be used to determine consumptive use. By March 1, 1989, each
				person to which this paragraph applies shall provide the department written
				documentation specifically identifying the consumptive use rate, and the
				method, calculation, formula or device used in determining the coefficient. If
				the department does not receive a consumptive use coefficient within the time
				period specified for any facility to which this paragraph applies, then a
				coefficient of 1.2 acre feet per million kilowatt hours of electricity produced
				shall be used to estimate consumptive use for that facility.
(d) If a person is making a withdrawal for
				the purpose of operating a commercial facility, a coefficient to be determined
				by each person operating such a facility shall be used to determine consumptive
				use. By March 1, 1989, each person to which this paragraph applies shall
				provide the department written documentation specifically identifying the
				consumptive use coefficient, and the method, calculation, formula or device
				used in determining the coefficient.
(e)
1. If a
				person is making a withdrawal for the purpose of operating an industrial
				facility, the department, where possible, shall determine a consumptive use
				coefficient based on available flow diagrams or other water use information
				submitted to the department by each facility pursuant to s.
				283.31,
				Stats., or the federal water pollution control act as amended
				33 USC
				1251 to
				1376.
				By December 31, 1988 the department shall either:
a. Notify each person by mail of the
				consumptive use coefficient documented from a flow diagram or other water use
				information; or
b. Notify each
				person by mail that insufficient flow diagram or other water use information
				was available.
2. By 120
				days after receipt of notification under subd. 1., each person shall either:
a. Provide written acceptance of the
				consumptive use coefficient documented by the department; or
b. Provide written documentation, supported
				by a flow diagram or other water use information, or a consumptive use
				coefficient appropriate for the facility in question.
(f) If a person is making a
				withdrawal for the purpose of mining, a coefficient to be determined by each
				person operating a mine shall be used to determine consumptive use. By March 1,
				1989, each person to which this paragraph applies shall provide the department
				written documentation specifically identifying the consumptive use coefficient,
				and the method, calculation, formula or device used in determining the
				coefficient.
(g) If a person is
				making a withdrawal for the purpose of operating a public water system, a
				coefficient to be determined by each person operating such a facility shall be
				used to determine consumptive use. By March 1, 1989, each person to which this
				paragraph applies shall provide the department written documentation
				specifically identifying the consumptive use coefficient, and the method,
				calculation, formula or device used in determining the coefficient.