46-31.1-2. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) “Bays” means the estuaries including Narragansett Bay, Mount Hope Bay, Greenwich

Bay, Little Narragansett Bay, the coastal ponds, the Sakonnet River, and Rhode Island territorial

waters that extend seaward three geographical miles from the shoreline including the area around

Block Island.

(2) “Coordination” means to harmonize in a common action or effort and/or to function in

a complementary manner.

(3) “Lake” or “pond” means a place, natural or manmade, located wholly or partly within

the State of Rhode Island, where open standing or slowly moving water is present for at least six

(6) months of the year. For the purposes of this chapter, “lake” or “pond” shall exclude commercial

or industrial waterbodies created for the purpose of providing cooling water, concrete or poly-lined

waterbodies, and construction dewatering basins.

(3) (4) “River” means a flowing body of water or estuary or a section, portion, or tributary

thereof, including, but not limited to, streams, creeks, brooks, ponds, and small lakes.

(4) (5) “Water cluster” means an economically interconnected grouping of businesses,

institutions, and people relying directly or indirectly on the bays, rivers, and watersheds including,

but not limited to, the following sectors: