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The General Assembly further determines and finds that the quality of state waters is subject to potential pollution and degradation, including excess nutrients, from both point and nonpoint source pollution and that the purposes of the State Water Control Law (\u00a7 62.1-44.2 et seq.) and all other laws related to the restoration, protection and improvement of the quality of state waters will be enhanced by the implementation of the provisions of this chapter. The General Assembly further determines and finds that the restoration, protection and improvement of the quality of state waters is a shared responsibility among state and local governments and individuals and to that end this chapter establishes cooperative programs related to nutrient reduction and other point and nonpoint sources of pollution.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":225287,"text":"It shall be the policy of the Commonwealth, and it is the purpose of this chapter, to restore and improve the quality of state waters and to protect them from impairment and destruction for the benefit of current and future citizens of the Commonwealth. 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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 21<\/a>, 625<\/a>, and 626<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54640,"section_number":"62.1-44.2","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":146811,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61698,"identifier":"10.1-2118","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/1\/10.1-2118","url":"\/10.1-2118\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-2118\/","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/1\/10.1-2118","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cooperative program established","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-2118","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be the policy of the Commonwealth, and it is the purpose of this chapter, to restore and improve the quality of state waters<\/span> and to protect them from impairment and destruction for the benefit of current and future citizens of the Commonwealth. The General Assembly further determines and finds that the quality of state waters<\/span> is subject to potential pollution and degradation, including excess nutrients, from both point and nonpoint source pollution<\/span> and that the purposes of the State Water Control Law<\/span> (\u00a7 62.1-44.2<\/a> et seq.) and all other laws<\/span> related to the restoration, protection and improvement of the quality of state waters<\/span> will be enhanced by the implementation of the provisions of this chapter. The General Assembly further determines and finds that the restoration, protection and improvement of the quality of state waters<\/span> is a shared responsibility among state and local governments<\/span> and individuals<\/span> and to that end this chapter establishes cooperative programs related to nutrient reduction and other point and nonpoint sources of pollution.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOOPERATIVE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED (\u00a7 10.1-2118)\n\nIt shall be the policy of the Commonwealth, and it is the purpose of this\nchapter, to restore and improve the quality of state waters and to protect them\nfrom impairment and destruction for the benefit of current and future citizens\nof the Commonwealth. The General Assembly further determines and finds that the\nquality of state waters is subject to potential pollution and degradation,\nincluding excess nutrients, from both point and nonpoint source pollution and\nthat the purposes of the State Water Control Law (\u00a7 62.1-44.2 et seq.) and all\nother laws related to the restoration, protection and improvement of the quality\nof state waters will be enhanced by the implementation of the provisions of this\nchapter. The General Assembly further determines and finds that the restoration,\nprotection and improvement of the quality of state waters is a shared\nresponsibility among state and local governments and individuals and to that end\nthis chapter establishes cooperative programs related to nutrient reduction and\nother point and nonpoint sources of pollution.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 21, 625, 626.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}