SB0271 - Water resource management.

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Water resource management. Makes the Indiana finance authority (authority) the entity with primary authority for the gathering, interpretation, and dissemination of Indiana water resource data. Requires the authority to coordinate and facilitate statewide water resource planning in Indiana. Defines "water supply reservoir" as a body of water that was formed by the construction of a dam and from which water is drawn by a water treatment plant that provides water utility service to the public. Provides that effluent from a wastewater treatment plant shall not be discharged into: (1) a water supply reservoir; (2) a stream that flows into a water supply reservoir; or (3) a wetland associated with a stream that flows into a water supply reservoir; through a pipeline more than 10 miles in length.