New York Laws
Title 1 - Short Title; Statement of Policy; Definitions; General Provisions
15-0109 - General Jurisdiction.

The department shall exercise its powers and perform its duties in any
matter affecting the construction of improvements to or developments of
water resources for the public health, safety or welfare, including but
not limited to the supply of potable waters for the various
municipalities and inhabitants thereof, the use of water for industrial
and agricultural operations, the developed and undeveloped water power
of the state, the facilitation of proper drainage and the regulation of
flow and improvement of the rivers of the state.

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