15-22-301. Duties of commission.

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15-22-301. Duties of commission.

15-22-301. Duties of commission. The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall: (1) Inventory the surface water resources and underground water resources within this state; (2) Determine the surface water requirements for fish and wildlife; (3) Determine the surface water requirements for navigation; (4) Establish minimum stream flows; (5) Determine the water needs of public water supplies; (6) Determine the water needs for industry; (7) Determine the water needs for agriculture, taking into account the decreasing groundwater tables and the resulting future needs for surface water to augment groundwater supplies; (8) Determine the water needs of all other users; (9) Propose a definition of critical water areas and delineate areas which are now critical or which will be critical within the next thirty (30) years; (10) Define the term “excess surface water” and determine the quantity of the excess surface water within the state and where it is located; (11) Define the term “safe yield” of a stream, river, or river basin, and a groundwater aquifer; (12) Report periodically to the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development; (13) Declare and delineate surplus or excess surface water areas within the state based on a determination that surface water in a defined geographic area is in excess of the amount required for the foreseeable economic development needs of the defined geographic area; (14) Develop guidelines for evaluation of any proposed interbasin transfers in order that the areas of origin would be protected from serious adverse effects during periods of low streamflow; and (15) Develop guidelines for determining the amount of compensat

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-22-301

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