Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. A water plan shall include, at a minimum,
current information documenting existing water use as listed below. Water use
information shall be obtained from Department of Health waterworks permit
compliance reports, the department ground water permit compliance reports or
department water use reports. Information shall be reported for the most recent
previous annual compilation of such data that is available on the date of
submission of the water plan.
B. A
water plan shall include the following information for community water systems:
1. The population within the planning area
served by each community water system.
2. The number of connections within the
planning area for each community water system.
3. The average and maximum daily withdrawal
for each community water system within the planning area.
4. The amount of water used within the
planning area on an annual average basis, and on an average monthly basis for
each community water system expressed in terms of million gallons per
day.
5. The peak day water use by
month for each community water system within the planning area.
6. An estimate of the water used on an
average annual basis by self-supplied nonagricultural users of more than
300,000 gallons per month of surface and ground water within the service area
of each community water system.
7.
An estimate of the amount of water used on an average annual basis by
self-supplied agricultural users of more than 300,000 gallons per month of
surface and ground water within the service area of each community water
supply.
8. An estimate of the
number of self-supplied users of less than 300,000 gallons per month of ground
water and an estimate of the total amount of water used by them on an annual
average basis within the service area of each community water supply.
9. For each community water system included
in the water plan, the plan shall include an estimate of the disaggregated
amounts of water used in categories of use appropriate for the system. Typical
categories may include:
a. Residential
use;
b. Commercial institutional
and light industrial (CIL) use;
c.
Heavy industrial use;
d. Military
water use;
e. Water used in water
production processes;
f.
Unaccounted for losses;
g. Sales to
other community water systems and the names of such systems; or
h. Subtotals of the above categories for all
community water systems
10. To the extent that information is
available pursuant to
9VAC25-780-60 and other sources,
for each community water system included in the water plan using stream
intakes, the plan shall include a qualitative description of existing in-stream
beneficial uses within the planning area or outside the planning area that may
be affected by the point of stream withdrawal.
C. A water plan shall include an estimate of
the water used on an average annual basis by self-supplied nonagricultural user
of more than 300,000 gallons per month of surface and ground water outside the
service areas of community water systems.
D. A water plan shall include an estimate of
the amount of water used on an average annual basis by self-supplied
agricultural users of more than 300,000 gallons per month of surface and ground
water outside the service areas of community water systems.
E. A water plan shall include an estimate of
the number of self-supplied users of less than 300,000 gallons per month of
ground water and an estimate of the total amount of water used by them on an
annual average basis outside the service areas of community water
systems.
§§ 62.1-44.15 and 62.1-44.38:1 of the Code of
Virginia.
