New York (State). Dept. of Environmental Conservation. Division of Water. Bureau of Water Permits.

The Laws of 1905 (Chapter 723) established the Water Supply Commission to administer a systematic plan for maintaining water supplies for New York State's municipalities. The act also stipulated that "no municipal corporation or other civil division of the state" shall "acquire, take or condemn lands for any new or additional sources of water supply, until it has first submitted the maps and profiles thereof" to the Water Supply Commission for approval. The duties and functions of the Water Supply Commission were assumed by numerous successor agencies, and were ultimately assigned to the Department of Environmental Conservation's Division of Water in 1970.