N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 15-0109: General jurisdiction

§ 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.