Comprehensive Plan for the Water Resources of the Susquehanna River Basin, December 2013 as Amended, June 2014.

摘要

The mission of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission is to enhance public welfare through comprehensive planning, water supply allocation, and management of the basins water resources. The Commission is neither a federal agency nor a state agency. Rather, as a federal-interstate compact body, its jurisdiction is defined by the natural boundaries of the river basin rather than the political boundaries of the member states. As such, the Commission serves as a forum to provide coordinated management, promote communication among its members, and resolve water resource issues and controversies within the basin. The Commissions leadership role in basin water resource planning and management is also exercised through its regulatory function, which fills in the regulatory gaps that exist in each states water resource management program. The Commission regulates ground and surface water withdrawals, consumptive water uses and out-of-basin diversions, when any of these reach certain quantity thresholds, and all in-basin diversions. The Compact authorizes and requires the Commission to formulate and adopt a comprehensive plan for the immediate and long-range development and use of the water resources of the basin. This Comprehensive Plan for the Water Resources of the Susquehanna River Basin (Comprehensive Plan or the Plan) provides an overarching framework for the Commission to manage and develop the basins water resources and serves as a guide for all Commission programs and activities. The Plan supports the goals set forth in the Compact and provides a basis for achieving desired results, meeting goals, and taking actions. It is further intended to be a useful resource for the Commissions member jurisdictions, water resource managers, private sector interests and others in the basin.