Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT
Agency 25 - STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD
Chapter 780 - LOCAL AND REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY PLANNING
Section 9VAC25-780-60 - State role in regional water supply plan preparation

1. Provide planning, policy, and technical assistance to each regional planning area differentiated according to each area's water supply challenges, existing resources, and other factors;

2. Provide financial assistance from any planning funds and prioritize the allocation of planning funds and other available funds to local governments that sufficiently participate in regional planning;

3. Provide guidance on compliance options;

4. Facilitate acquisition of existing water resource conditions (the department shall prepare and post on its website a list of readily available sources for the items identified in 9VAC25-780-90 B);

5. Facilitate acquisition of existing use information that has been reported to the department;

6. Facilitate acquisition of water management information (the department shall prepare and post on its website a list of acceptable practices that are used with regard to the topics in 9VAC25-780-110);

7. Identify acceptable methods for the projection of future water demands per 9VAC25-780-100;

8. Provide any information regarding known beneficial use conflicts relating to the development of alternatives as identified in the most recent State Water Resources and Supply Plan;

9. Convene kickoff meetings for the regional planning units;

10. Follow up with localities that have been identified as not participating in the regional planning unit and the development of the regional water supply plan;

11. Ensure that local governments coordinate sufficiently in the development of regional plans;

12. Ensure that each regional plan clearly identifies the region's water supply risks and proposes strategies to address those risks;

13. At the request of the applicant, convene a technical evaluation committee meeting; and

14. Provide notice on the department website of local public informational meetings on the regional water supply plan upon notification by the locality.