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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 324 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. Unfortunately, the 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1993, chapter 276.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":79593,"section_number":"62.1-255","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-255\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224855,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78314,"identifier":"45.2-1643","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/3\/45.2-1643","url":"\/45.2-1643\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1643\/","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/3\/45.2-1643","dublin_core":{"Title":" Interference by injection wells with groundwater supply","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1643","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For purposes of this section:\n\t\t\t“Beneficial use<\/span>” means the same as that term is defined in § 62.1-255<\/a>.\n\t\t\t“Groundwater<\/span>” means the same as that term is defined in § 62.1-255<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person who owns or operates an injection well<\/span> in a manner that proximately causes the contamination or diminution of groundwater<\/span> used for a beneficial use<\/span> by any person who resides within the lesser of (i) the area of review required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the permitting of such injection well<\/span> or (ii) a one-half-mile radius of the well shall provide the person with a replacement water supply. A replacement water supply shall provide the person with water of equivalent quality and quantity as was provided by groundwater<\/span> prior to the contamination or diminution of the water supply resulting from the operation of the injection well<\/span>. A replacement water supply shall include the provision of necessary storage and service facilities. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> This section shall apply to any injection well<\/span> operating under a permit from the Director<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n INTERFERENCE BY INJECTION WELLS WITH GROUNDWATER SUPPLY (\u00a7 45.2-1643)\n\nA. For purposes of this section:\n\t\t\t“Beneficial use” means the same as that term is defined in §\n62.1-255.\n\t\t\t“Groundwater” means the same as that term is defined in §\n62.1-255.\n\nB. Any person who owns or operates an injection well in a manner that\nproximately causes the contamination or diminution of groundwater used for a\nbeneficial use by any person who resides within the lesser of (i) the area of\nreview required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the permitting\nof such injection well or (ii) a one-half-mile radius of the well shall provide\nthe person with a replacement water supply. A replacement water supply shall\nprovide the person with water of equivalent quality and quantity as was provided\nby groundwater prior to the contamination or diminution of the water supply\nresulting from the operation of the injection well. A replacement water supply\nshall include the provision of necessary storage and service facilities.\n\nC. This section shall apply to any injection well operating under a permit from\nthe Director.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 324, \u00a7 45.1-361.41; 1993, c. 276; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","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}}