- (a) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission is responsible for preparing and overseeing the Arkansas Water Plan (“the plan”).
(b) The plan is:
- (1) The state policy for the orderly development and management of the state's water and related land resources; and
- (2) Prepared in the public interest of the entire state.
(c) All approved water and wastewater development projects shall coordinate the use of water resources within the:
- (1) Region in which the project is located; and
- (2) State as a whole.