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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 Pro…

(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 a…

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 object…

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.

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 sup…

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 fo…

(a) Except as specified in § 46-15.3-9, the water resources board is designated to carry out the provisions of this chapter in its capacity as designated in § 46-15.1-2. In exercising its powers under this chapter, the board shall constitute a body politic and corporate and a pub…

(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) 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, c…

(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 th…

(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 s…

(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 …

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 infras…

The purposes of the board and the suppliers under this chapter shall be to protect the quality and safety of the public drinking water supply. In carrying out the foregoing purposes the board shall have, in addition to the powers granted in this chapter, all of the powers enumera…

As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent: (1) “Aquifer” means a geologic formation, group of formations, or part of a formation capable of yielding a signif…

(a) There is hereby imposed on each supplier of water, for the purpose of protecting the quality and safety of the public supply of water, a charge to be known as a “water quality protection charge” based upon billings for sales of every supplier of public drinking water at the r…

(a) All parties involved in the supply, transmission, and/or distribution of drinking water shall prepare, maintain, and carry out a water supply system management plan as described by this chapter. This requirement applies, without limitations, to: (1) All municipalities subject…

(a) Every supplier of public water eligible for trust fund proceeds under this chapter shall, by July 1, 1988, complete a water quality protection component which shall at a minimum include: (1) Determination of the boundaries of the watersheds of reservoirs serving the supplier …

The water resources board with the concurrence of the department of environmental management, the department of health, the department of administration’s division of planning, and the Rhode Island public utilities commission, as to water suppliers within its jurisdiction, shall …

The provisions of §§ 45-13-7 through 45-13-10 inclusive, shall not apply to this chapter.

(a) Each party required by this chapter to prepare and maintain a water supply system management plan shall complete and adopt an initial plan adhering to the schedule as previously approved by the water resources board. (b) Municipalities and water suppliers subject to the requi…

(a) The water resources board shall coordinate the expeditious review of water supply system management plans, replacements and amendments thereto prepared by water suppliers and all other subject to § 46-15.3-5.1 of this chapter. (b) Upon filing of water supply system management…

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…

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 proc…

(a) A record shall be maintained by every supplier showing the amounts of water sold, and the amounts of water quality protection charges billed. The records shall be subject to public review. The water quality protection charges shall be deemed to be trust funds for the purposes…