Any public corporation, now or hereafter empowered by law to construct and operate a publicly owned system for the supply of water for drinking, domestic and public purposes to the inhabitants of any municipality, may make application for the construction and maintenance by the state of a water supply reservoir on lands owned by the state and constituting a part of the forest preserve thereof in the manner hereinafter set forth.
N.Y. Envtl. Conserv. Law § 15-1507