Section 15-1611. Cooperation with other states and provinces

The department shall:
    1.  Cooperate with the Great Lakes states and provinces to develop and
  maintain a common base of information on the use and management  of  the
  water  resources  of  the  Great Lakes basin and to establish systematic
  arrangements for the exchange of such information.
    2. Collect and maintain information regarding  the  locations,  types,
  and  quantities  of  water  use,  including  water withdrawals and water
  losses, in a form that is comparable to the form  used  by  other  Great
  Lakes states and provinces.
    3. Collect, maintain and exchange information on current and projected
  future water needs with the other Great Lakes states and provinces.
    4. Cooperate with other Great Lakes states and provinces in developing
  a  long-range  plan  for  developing,  conserving and managing the water
  resources of the Great Lakes basin.
    5. Participate in the development of a regional consultation procedure
  for use in exchanging information  on  the  effects  of  proposed  water
  withdrawals and water losses from the basin.