North Carolina General Statutes
Article 38 - Water Resources.
§ 143-352 - Purpose of Article.

143-352. Purpose of Article.
The purpose of this Article is to create a State agency to coordinate the State's water resource activities; to devise plans and policies and to perform the research and administrative functions necessary for a more beneficial use of the water resources of the State, in order to insure improvements in the methods of conserving, developing and using those resources. (1959, c. 779, s. 1.)