Section 151.603 - Consistency of each council's long-range water supply plan with other provisions of law - Contents of plan - Function of planning councils(1) Each water management planning council shall develop and maintain a plan consistent with the county long-range water supply plan developed under KRS 151.114 and the water supply planning process set out in KRS Chapter 151 and administrative regulations of the cabinet and the purposes set out in KRS 224A.300. The plan shall include a water needs forecast for the county in five (5) year increments within a twenty-five (25) year planning cycle with the first cycle beginning in 2025. The plan shall include a strategy for improving reliability and resiliency of water service, delivering public water to underserved and unserved areas, and shall consider merger, consolidation, and management of water systems to achieve the purposes set out in KRS 224A.300. The Energy and Environment Cabinet, in collaboration with the authority as agreed upon in the State Revolving Fund Memorandum of Agreement, may disapprove and direct redevelopment of a plan under this subsection for inconsistencies with the purposes set out in KRS 224A.300.(2) The water management planning councils or multicounty planning councils shall assume the role and function of the planning units established to implement the water supply planning process set out in KRS 151.114 and administrative regulations of the cabinet.Amended by 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 179,§ 11, eff. 6/28/2023.Effective:7/14/2000
Created 2000, Ky. Acts ch. 529, sec. 4, effective7/14/2000.