Massachusetts General Laws
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 21g - Massachusetts Water Management Act

Section 1 - Short Title - Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be...

Section 2 - Definitions - Section 2. As used in this chapter, the following words...

Section 3 - Planning and Management of Water Use and Conservation; Advisory Committee; Regulations - Section 3. The department and commission shall cooperate in the...

Section 4 - Withdrawal Volume Threshold - Section 4. The withdrawal volume threshold to be applied pursuant...

Section 5 - Registration Statements; Filing - Section 5. Each person making an existing withdrawal in excess...

Section 6 - Contents of Registration Statements - Section 6. The regulations issued by the department shall specify...

Section 7 - Issuance of Permits; Criteria and Standards - Section 7. The department shall, by regulation, specify, for each...

Section 8 - Permit Applications; Contents - Section 8. The regulations adopted by the department shall specify...

Section 9 - Processing Permit Applications; Notice of Proposed Withdrawal - Section 9. All applications for permits shall be submitted to...

Section 10 - Recommendations - Section 10. The department shall, by regulation, establish a procedure...

Section 11 - Issuance of Permits; Conditions; Findings - Section 11. In accordance with rules adopted under section seven,...

Section 12 - Adjudicatory Hearing; Judicial Review - Section 12. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the...

Section 13 - Examination of Activities Involving Water Withdrawal - Section 13. For the purpose of determining compliance with this...

Section 14 - Enforcement Orders; Civil Administrative Penalties; Actions by Attorney General; Punishment - Section 14. The department may issue such orders as are...

Section 15 - Water Emergency Declaration - Section 15. Any city or town or any water company,...

Section 16 - State of Water Emergency; Eminent Domain; Authorization; Notice - Section 16. During a state of water emergency, declared under...

Section 17 - State of Water Emergency; Orders - Section 17. During a state of water emergency declared under...

Section 18 - Registration and Permit Application Fee Schedules - Section 18. The department shall, by regulation, establish reasonable registration...

Section 19 - Public Water System Rates; Propriety - Section 19. Nothing in this chapter shall limit the authority...

Section 20 - Persons Engaged in Business of Digging or Drilling Wells; Certification; Reports - Section 20. No person shall engage in the business of...