Recognizing the importance of protecting, maintaining and utilizing all sources of potable water and recognizing that with the continued demands on the Scituate Reservoir, this general assembly hereby finds and declares that:
(1) The citizens of Bristol County lack an adequate and secure supply of potable water;
(2) Heretofore acting through the Bristol County water authority, the citizens of Bristol County have presented a proposal for the construction to bring water from the Scituate Reservoir to Bristol County;
(3) The state and its citizens would be better served and the environment enhanced by the construction of an additional connection connecting Bristol County to the Scituate Reservoir;
(4) The need for water in Bristol County is critical and requires immediate and prompt action on the part of the state, its agencies, boards and commissions;
(5) [Deleted by P.L. 2021, ch. 92, § 1 and P.L. 2021, ch. 95, § 1.]
(6) The alternatives authorized by this chapter will be less expensive than the East Providence connection, so-called; and
(7) Reliance by citizens of East Providence and Bristol County on a single connection would create a hazard to the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of East Providence and Bristol County, and, therefore, the construction of an emergency connection that shall permit water to flow in either direction is a public necessity.
(8) [Deleted by P.L. 2021, ch. 92, § 1 and P.L. 2021, ch. 95, § 1.]
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 134, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 243, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 92, § 1, effective July 1, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 95, § 1, effective July 1, 2021.