Water Plan (Pioneer Valley) 2002.

This act, consisting of eight Parts divided into 57 sections, sets the management plan for water resources in the Pioneer Valley. Under section 2, the purposes of the plan are: (a) to define the availability of water in the plan area; (b) to provide a framework for sustainably managing water and the taking of water; (c) to identify priorities and mechanisms for dealing with future water requirements; (d) to provide a framework for establishing water allocations; (e) to provide a framework for reversing, where practicable, degradation that has occurred in natural ecosystems. Part 2 specifies the plan area and water to which the plans applies. Part 3 sets the general and ecological outcomes for sustainable management of water. Part 4 is dedicated to performance indicators and objectives.
Part 5 specifies which are the strategies to be implemented to achieve the declared outcomes, including taking water from waterholes and lakes and water allocation plans. Part 6 is dedicated to monitoring and reporting requirements and Part 7 sets priorities for water allocation and provides an implementation schedule. The plan is completed by ten schedules: plan area, subcatchment areas, nodes, environmental flow objectives, water allocation security objectives, total volumes for water allocation groups, rates and pump sizes, water allocation groups, priority areas and dictionary.