Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT
Agency 25 - STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD
Chapter 610 - GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL REGULATIONS
Part I - General
Section 9VAC25-610-20 - Purpose

Universal Citation: 9 VA Admin Code 25-610-20
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024

The Ground Water Management Act of 1992 recognizes and declares that the right to reasonable control of all groundwater resources within the Commonwealth belongs to the public and that in order to conserve, protect and beneficially utilize the groundwater resource and to ensure the public welfare, safety and health, provisions for management and control of groundwater resources are essential. This chapter delineates the procedures and requirements to be followed when establishing groundwater management areas and the issuance of groundwater withdrawal permits by the board or department pursuant to the Ground Water Management Act of 1992.

Statutory Authority: § 62.1-256 of the Code of Virginia.

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