Watershed Rules and Regulations Committee
The Watershed Rules and Regulations Committee is charged with reviewing existing watershed rules and recommending appropriate changes. Quoting from the Council's Water Quality Strategy:
Water purveyors have the authority to establish watershed rules to protect surface water drinking water supplies. In Tompkins County, watershed rules were established by the City of Ithaca and Cornell University decades ago to protect their supplies in the Sixmile Creek and Fall Creek watersheds, respectively. Watershed regulations have also been codified for the Owasco Lake watershed to protect public drinking water supplies in the City of Auburn and the Town of Owasco in Cayuga County. These regulations apply to the portion of that watershed within Tompkins County. The Bolton Point Water System drafted watershed regulations in 1993, but they were never adopted.
Committee Documents
Model Watershed Rules and Regulations 1995 Final Draft (April 2012 Updates)
Model Watershed Rules and Regulations 1995 Final Draft (pdf 6.4MB)
NYS Dept of Health Procedure for Adoption of Rules and Regulations for the Protection of Water Supplies 1984 (pdf 0.5 MB)
Watershed Rules and Regulations City of Ithaca 1991 (pdf 1.9 MB)