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Show 144 INTERSTATE COMPACTS " (12^ The term 'divert' means to effect a diversion. "(13) The term 'domestic and municipal' as applied to the use of water means the use of water by or for water-works serving the public. " (14) The term 'sanitation' as applied to the use of Water means the use of water for the conveyance of sewage and other wastes. "(15) The term 'industry' as applied to the use of water means the use of water for manufacturing and industrial purposes, other than power, when the water used is not taken from water-works serving the public. " (16) The term 'power' as applied to the use of water means all use of water, direct or indirect, for the generation of energy. "(17) The term 'navigation' as applied to the use of water means the use of water for transportation and for the operation of water craft. "(18) The term 'commission' means the Tri-State Delaware Kiver commission. "article in "For the purposes of this compact the order of importance and public value of water shall be: (A) domestic and municipal, (B) sanitation, (C) industry and power, and (D) navigation. "article iv "Subject to the duties and obligations imposed by this compact, any administrative department or political subdivision authorized in that behalf by or under the laws of any signatory state, or any corporation, partnership, association or person hereafter so authorized, may ex- ercise the rights and privileges herein conferred on such state in con- formity with such other terms and conditions as that state may im- pose and under such further requirements as the commission may pre- scribe in the exercise of its authority under this compact. "article v "Subject to the provisions of this compact, each signatory state may divert water from any tributary of the Delaware river within that state or from the channel or from both. The total quantity which may be diverted by each state in any one calendar year shall not exceed the following: "Pennsylvania: Three hundred twenty-eight and one-half (32814) billion gallons, which total quantity is equivalent to an average of nine hundred (900) million gallons daily. "New Jersey: Two hundred nineteen (219) billion gallons, which total quantity is equivalent to an average of six hundred (600) mil- lion gallons daily. "New York: Two hundred nineteen (219) billion gallons, which total quantity is equivalent to an average of six hundred (600) mil- lion gallons daily. "The quantities of water herein authorized to be diverted are in addition to all quantities of water which, have heretofore been law- |
