特拉华河流域委员会提出一项规则，要求公共供水系统报告其最大用户的用水量。

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For decades, the Commission has applied a consumptive use coefficient of ten percent (10%) to water withdrawn from the Basin by most water supply systems serving the public.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