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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71174</law_id><section_number>32.1-176.3</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-1103</reference><reference>62.1-258</reference><reference>62.1-259.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Environmental Health Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2.1">Private Well Construction</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Construction of wells</span>&#x201D; means acts necessary to construct wells, including the location of wells.
		&#x201C;Plat&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">survey plat</span>&#x201D; means the schematic representation of a parcel of land, showing the property boundaries, the proposed site of the water well, and any potential sources of contamination, prepared by an individual licensed by the Commonwealth to perform such services.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Private well</span>&#x201D; means any water well constructed for a <span class="dictionary">person</span> on land which is owned or leased by that <span class="dictionary">person</span> and is usually intended for household, ground water source heat pump, agricultural use, industrial use or other nonpublic water well.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Site plan</span>&#x201D; means a sketch of a parcel of land, showing the property boundaries, the proposed site of the water well, and any potential sources of contamination.</p></section></text><history>1986, c. 401; 2009, c. 59.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
