Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT
Agency 25 - STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD
Chapter 610 - GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL REGULATIONS
Part II - Declaration of Ground Water Management Areas
Section 9VAC25-610-70 - Criteria for consideration of a ground water management area
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
The board upon its own motion, or in its discretion, upon receipt of a petition by any county, city or town within the area in question, may initiate a ground water management area proceeding, whenever in its judgment there is reason to believe that any one of the four following conditions exist:
1. Ground water levels in the area are declining or are expected to decline excessively;
2. The wells of two or more ground water users within the area are interfering or may be reasonably expected to interfere substantially with one another;
3. The available ground water supply has been or may be overdrawn; or
4. The ground water in the area has been or may become polluted.
Statutory Authority
§§ 62.1-44.15(10) and 62.1-256 of the Code of Virginia.
