2007 Senate Bill 722: Expand commercial/industrial groundwater restrictions and regulations

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Introduced by Sen. Samuel B. Thomas, III (D) on September 5, 2007, to give the Department of Environmental Quality the authority to impose water conservation procedures on commercial or industrial facilities that have the capacity to withdraw 100,000 gallons of groundwater per day. The specific conservation procedures would depend on the type of facility. The bill would also give the DEQ the discretion and authority to order facilities to perform activities to mitigate hydrologic impacts of water withdrawals. The bill is part of a legislative package consisting of Senate Bills 721 to 729 and House Bills 5065 to 5073 that would restrict and subject to extensive regulation the use of groundwater by industrial and commercial businesses.
- Referred to the Senate Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Committee on September 5, 2007.

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1) Wow! by Anonymous Citizen on September 11, 2007
I'm glad to see someone is actively seeking to stop those pesky businesses from coming into Michigan. Not only will this save us water by keeping the evil capitalists out, think how much additional water all those people who would have found jobs at those companies would have used. Now those people can all move to states that have water to spare like Nevada, Texas and Arizona as opposed to "The Great Lakes State" (after we pay for their education in our public universities of course).

If it wasn't so sad, it would be funny.
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2) 2007 Senate Bill 722 (Expand commercial/industrial groundwater restrictions and regulations ) by admin on January 1, 2001
Introduced in the Senate on September 5, 2007

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