New Jersey § 32:11d-3

§ 32:11d-3.

The legislative bodies of the respective signatory parties hereby find and declare: (a) The water resources of the basin are affected with a local, State, regional and

national interest and their planning, conservation, utilization, development, management

and control, under appropriate arrangements for intergovernmental co-operation, are

public purposes of the respective signatory parties. (b) The water resources of the basin are subject to the sovereign right and responsibility

of the signatory parties, and it is the purpose of this compact to provide for a joint

exercise of such powers of sovereignty in the common interests of the people of the

region. (c) The water resources of the basin are functionally interrelated, and the uses of

these resources are interdependent. A single administrative agency is therefore essential for effective and economical

direction, supervision and co-ordination of efforts and programs of Federal, State

and local governments and of private enterprise. (d) The water resources of the Delaware River Basin, if properly planned and utilized,

are ample to meet all presently projected demands, including existing and added diversions

in future years; and ever-increasing economies and efficiencies in the use and reuse

of water resources can be brought about by comprehensive planning, programming and

management. (e) In general, the purposes of this compact are to promote interstate comity; to

remove causes of present and future controversy; to make secure and protect present

developments within the States; to encourage and provide for the planning, conservation,

utilization, development, management and control of the water resources of the basin;

to provide for co-operative planning and action by the signatory parties with respect

to such water resources; and to apply the principle of equal and uniform treatment

to all water users who are similarly situated and to all users of related facilities,

without regard to established political boundaries.