{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-355.8","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-355.8","heading":"Regional water supply planning organizations.","body":"(a)\tOne or more water systems may establish a water supply planning organization to plan for and coordinate water resource supply and demand on a regional basis. A water supply planning organization may include representatives of local government water systems, water authorities, nongovernmental water systems, and registered water withdrawers.\n(b)\tA regional water supply planning organization may do any of the following:\n(1)\tIdentify sources of raw water supply for regional systems.\n(2)\tIdentify areas suitable for the development of new regional water sources.\n(3)\tIdentify opportunities for purchase and sale of water between water systems to meet regional water supply needs.\n(4)\tPrepare joint water supply plans.\n(5)\tEnter into agreements with the Department for technical assistance in identifying practical alternatives to meet regional water supply needs pursuant to G.S. 143-355.7 or to provide studies in support of a proposed regional water supply project.\n(6)\tSupport cooperative arrangements between water systems for purchase and sale of water by providing technical assistance and voluntary mediation of disputes concerning water supply.\n(c)\tNothing in this section shall be construed to alter the requirements for obtaining a certificate for an interbasin transfer. (2011-374, s. 1.2.)","path":["Chapter 143. State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions","Article 38. Water Resources."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143/GS_143-355.8.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:33Z","sha256":"b85ba54795b1943b82c6a31ee1616e9d71f3987039a6afa17ba5cfec48bd37ca","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-355.7","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-356-through-143-357"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}