デラウェア川流域委員会は、公共の水道システムに対して最大の顧客による水使用量の報告を義務付けるため、ウォーターコードと総合計画を改正する規則制定の提案に関する通知を発行しました。この提案には、2026年11月4日の公聴会が含まれ、2026年12月4日まで書面によるコメントを受け付けます。
なぜ重要か. この変更は、デラウェア川流域の公共水道事業者および大規模な水利用者に影響を与え、新たな報告要件を導入することで、4州にわたる水資源管理と保全計画の改善に寄与する可能性があります。
The Commission welcomes and will consider comments that concern the potential impacts of the proposed amendments on the conservation, utilization, development, management and control of the water and related resources of the Delaware River Basin and on public participation in the Commission's water resource management activities. In particular, the Commission seeks comment on the burden the propo…
and Comprehensive Plan to require water supply systems serving the public (purveyors) to report water use by their largest customers.
furnishing source and service area data electronically to the Commission's respective member states in accordance with subsections 2.50.3 A.1.a. and b. of the Water Code, adopted in 1986, and to providing DRBC with an annual “water audit” report in accordance with section 2.1.8 of the Water Code, adopted in 2012.
Written comments will be accepted through 5:00 p.m. EST on Friday, December 4, 2026.
A public hearing will be held remotely via Zoom on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, beginning at 1:30 p.m. and ending no later than 3:00 p.m. EST.
For decades, the Commission has applied a consumptive use coefficient of ten percent (10%) to water withdrawn from the Basin by most water supply systems serving the public.
Delaware River Basin Water Code with Amendments through [EFFECTIVE DATE OF FINAL RULE]
Currently, approximately 300 purveyors in the Basin report source and service area water use to Basin state agencies in accordance with the Water Code provisions cited above.
Because the proposed amendments include a new section 2.50.1, “Definitions,” current sections 2.50.1 through 2.50.3 are to be re-numbered 2.50.2 through 2.50.4. The substantive new requirements appear in proposed new subsection 2.50.4 A.1.c. Additional non-substantive amendments are proposed to the introductory paragraphs of current subsections 2.50.3 A.1., “Annual Reporting Requirements—Water Su…
Delaware River Basin Commission 18 CFR Part 410
Administrative Manual—Part III Water Quality Regulations with Amendments through December 7, 2022
PART 410—BASIN REGULATIONS; WATER CODE AND ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL—PART III WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS
Naomi Mendelsohn, Commission Secretary/Assistant General Counsel.
Dated: September 29, 2026.
Interested persons may obtain or inspect copies of the Water Code at the Delaware River Basin Commission, 25 Cosey Road, West Trenton, New Jersey, 08628-0360 or on the Commission's website,
You may obtain or inspect this material at the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), 25 Cosey Road, West Trenton, New Jersey 08628-0360
