1521.15 Water resources inventory - long-term water resources plan for Lake Erie drainage basin.

(A) The chief of the division of water shall develop and maintain, in cooperation with local, state, federal, and private agencies and entities, a water resources inventory for the collection, interpretation, storage, retrieval, exchange, and dissemination of information concerning the water resources of this state, including, but not limited to, information on the location, type, quantity, and use of those resources and the location, type, and quantity of consumptive use and diversion of the water resources. The water resources inventory also shall include, without limitation, information to assist in determining the reasonableness of water use and sharing under common law, promoting reasonable use and development of water resources, and resolving water use conflicts.

All agencies of the state shall cooperate with the chief in the development and maintenance of the inventory.

(B) The chief shall cooperate with the other great lakes states and provinces to develop a common base of data regarding the management of the water resources of the Lake Erie drainage basin and to establish systematic arrangements for the exchange of those data.

(C) The chief shall prepare and present to the governor no later than September 1, 1998, a long-term water resources plan for the protection, conservation, and management of the water resources of the Lake Erie drainage basin. The plan shall include, without limitation, all of the following:

(1) An inventory of surface and ground water resources;

(2) Identification and assessment of existing uses and future demand for all of the following:

(a) Withdrawal of water resources for domestic, agricultural, manufacturing, mining, navigation, power production, recreation, fish and wildlife, and other uses;

(b) Diversion;

(3) Guidelines to minimize consumptive use;

(4) Guidelines and procedures to coordinate, conserve, develop, protect, use, and manage the water resources of the Lake Erie drainage basin.

Effective Date: 10-20-1994