281.348281.348 Water supply service area plans for public water supply systems. 281.348(1)(a)(a) “Compact’s effective date” means the effective date of the Great Lakes — St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact under s. 281.343 (9) (d). 281.348(1)(b)(b) “Cost-effectiveness analysis” means a systematic comparison of alternative means of providing a water supply in order to identify alternatives that will minimize total resources costs and maximize environmental benefits over a planning period. 281.348(1)(c)(c) “Great Lakes basin” means the watershed of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River upstream from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. 281.348(1)(cm)(cm) “Great Lakes council” means the Great Lakes — St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Council, created under s. 281.343 (2) (a). 281.348(1)(d)(d) “Public water supply” means water distributed to the public through a physically connected system of treatment, storage, and distribution facilities that serve a group of largely residential customers and that may also serve industrial, commercial, and other institutional customers. 281.348(1)(e)(e) “Total resources costs” includes monetary costs and direct and indirect environmental as well as other nonmonetary costs. 281.348(1)(f)(f) “Withdraw” means to take water from surface water or groundwater. 281.348(1)(g)(g) “Withdrawal” means the taking of water from surface water or groundwater, including the taking of surface water or groundwater for the purpose of bottling the water. 281.348(2)(2) Determinations concerning applicability of requirements. 281.348(2)(a)(a) For the purposes of this section, the surface water divide is used to determine whether a withdrawal of surface water or groundwater is from the Great Lakes basin. 281.348(2)(b)(b) For the purposes of this section, the withdrawal of water from more than one source within the Great Lakes basin to supply a common distribution system is considered one withdrawal. 281.348(3)(a)1.1. The department shall establish, by rule, and administer a continuing water supply planning process for the preparation of water supply plans for persons operating public water supply systems. The period covered by a plan under this subsection may not exceed 20 years. A regional planning commission may prepare plans for persons operating public water supply systems. 281.348(3)(a)2.2. A person operating a public water supply system that serves a population of 10,000 or more and that withdraws water from the waters of the state shall prepare a plan under this section no later than December 31, 2025. 281.348(3)(a)3.3. A person operating a public water supply system shall obtain department approval of a water supply service area plan that provides for a new or increased diversion that requires approval under s. 281.346 (4) or a new or increased withdrawal that requires approval under s. 281.346 (4s) or (5). 281.348(3)(a)4.4. Except as provided in subd. 3., a person operating a public water supply system is not required to obtain department approval of a water supply service area plan. 281.348(3)(b)(b) The department shall include in the process under par. (a) procedures and requirements for all of the following: 281.348(3)(b)1.1. Public review and comment on a proposed plan. For a plan prepared after the compact’s effective date covering a public water supply system that withdraws water from the Great Lakes basin, the procedures and requirements under this subdivision shall be consistent with s. 281.343 (6) (b). 281.348(3)(b)2.2. Submission of the plan to the governing body of each city, village, and town whose public water supply is addressed by the plan. 281.348(3)(b)2e.2e. Submission of the plan to the department if department approval is required under par. (a) 3. 281.348(3)(b)2m.2m. Approval of the plan by the department if department approval is required under par. (a) 3. 281.348(3)(b)5.5. Reopening or reconsideration by the department of a previously approved plan. 281.348(3)(bm)(bm) A person preparing a plan under par. (a) shall consider existing regional water needs assessments and other regional water supply planning information. 281.348(3)(c)(c) A person preparing a plan under par. (a) shall include all of the following in the plan: 281.348(3)(c)1.1. Delineation of the area for which the plan is being prepared.