North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 02 - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Subchapter E - WATER USE REGISTRATION AND ALLOCATION
Section .0600 - WATER USE DURING DROUGHTS AND WATER SUPPLY EMERGENCIES
Section 02E .0610 - BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL WATER SHORTAGE RESPONSE PLANNING REQUIREMENTS

(a) Self-supplied business and industrial water users subject to the water withdrawal registration requirements of G.S. 143-215.22H shall prepare a written plan, for responding to water shortages that is consistent with industry water efficiency and drought response guidelines, that incorporate the relevant provisions of Rule .0607(a) of this Section.

(b) Business and industrial water users that depend on the water storage of a privately or publicly owned impoundment or withdraw water under a contract issued by the owner of an impoundment shall have a written plan for responding to water shortages that is consistent with the provisions of the contract and with any Water Shortage Response Plan provisions established by the owner of the impoundment.

(c) Business and industrial water users that are supplied water by a publicly or privately owned water system shall establish a procedure for responding to water shortages that is complementary to their water purveyor's Water Shortage Response Plan.