KRS 151.603: Consistency of each council's long -range water supply plan with other

provisions of law -- Contents of plan -- Function of planning councils.

(1) Each water management planning council shall develop and maintain a plan

consistent with the cou nty long -range water supply plan developed under KRS

151.114 and the water supply planning process set out in KRS Chapter 151 and

administrative regulations of the cabinet and the purposes set out in KRS 224A.300.

The plan shall include a water needs forec ast for the county in five (5) year

increments within a twenty -five (25) year planning cycle with the first cycle

beginning in 2025. The plan shall include a strategy for improving reliability and

resiliency of water service, delivering public water to und erserved and unserved

areas, and shall consider merger, consolidation, and management of water systems

to achieve the purposes set out in KRS 224A.300. The Energy and Environment

Cabinet, in collaboration with the authority as agreed upon in the State Revo lving

Fund Memorandum of Agreement, may disapprove and direct redevelopment of a

plan under this subsection for inconsistencies with the purposes set out in KRS

224A.300.

(2) The water management planning councils or multicounty planning councils shall

assume the role and function of the planning units established to implement the

water supply planning process set out in KRS 151.114 and administrative

regulations of the cabinet.