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Great Lakes Basin Compact (Ohio Revised Code: Title 61 Water Supply, Sanitation, And Ditches; Chapter 6161)

País/Territorio
Estados Unidos de América
Subdivisión territorial
Ohio
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2018
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Agua
Palabra clave
Acuerdo subnacional Aguas superficiales Aguas continentales Zona de conservación de aguas Cuenca/área de captación/cuenca colectora Manejo de recursos hídricos Instalaciones Navegación Uso industrial del agua Abastecimiento de agua Gobernanza Institución
Área geográphica
Americas, Ártico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte
Resumen

This Chapter of the Ohio Revised Code adopts the Great Lakes Basin Compact entered into the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The purposes of this Compact are, through means of joint or co-operative action: (A) To promote the orderly, integrated, and comprehensive development, use, and conservation of the water sources of the great lakes basin (hereinafter called the basin); (B) To plan for the welfare and development of the water resources of the basin as a whole, as well as for those portions of the basin which may have problems of special concern; (C) To make it possible for the states of the basin and their people to derive the maximum benefit from utilization of public works, in the form of navigational aids or otherwise, which may exist or which may be constructed from time to time; (D) To advise in securing and maintaining a proper balance among industrial, commercial, agricultural, water supply, residential, recreational, and other legitimate uses of the water resources of the basin; (E) To establish and maintain an intergovernmental agency to the end that the purposes of this compact may be accomplished more effectively.

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Página web
codes.ohio.gov