{"data":{"id":"us/18-cfr-740.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 CFR 740.4","heading":"State water management planning program.","body":"(a) A State shall submit a description of its proposed State program with the State application, which shall:\n(1) Describe water and related land resources problems, needs and opportunities, and the priorities proposed for their resolution;\n(2) Specify the goals and objectives which reflect the water resources policy of the State and which address the major problems which are of concern to the State;\n(3) Describe the major elements of the State water management program, which should address but not be limited to:\n(i) The integration of water quantity and water quality planning and management;\n(ii) The protection and management of instream values;\n(iii) The protection and management of groundwater supplies;\n(iv) The integration of ground and surface water planning and management; and\n(v) Water conservation.\n(4) Identify Federal, State, or local government, or public or private organizations that will participate and a general description of how they are involved in the management planning process;\n(5) If provisions are made for pass-through of funds, describe the process by which recipients will be selected, and the purpose of the pass-through; and\n(6) List existing or proposed administrative, legal and/or institutional arrangements to be used in coordinating intrastate, interstate and regional water resources planning activities involving State, local and/or the Federal Government with the proposed water management planning program of the State to assure that all such activities are considered in program implementation.","path":["Title 18—Conservation of Power and Water Resources","CHAPTER VI—WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL","PART 740—STATE WATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-18.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:34Z","sha256":"c6f5b26713fdad8bfecbb74050adac0c2e895a245c4c3c03180ed34bde5799b9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/18-cfr-740.3","next":"us/18-cfr-740.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}