                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INSTALLATION OF IFLOWS GAUGES (§ 10.1-609.1)

A soil and water conservation district responsible for the maintenance and
operation of a flood control dam shall be permitted to install Integrated Flood
Observing and Warning Systems (IFLOWS) gauges and associated equipment, or a
device approved by the Department of Emergency Management, while awaiting funds
to make structural modifications to correct emergency spillway capacity
deficiencies in the dam, identified by the Board in a report issued pursuant to
§ 10.1-609, when any of the following conditions exist: (i) funds are not
available to make such structural modifications to the dam, (ii) the completion
of such structural modifications requires the acquisition of additional property
or easements by exercise of the power of eminent domain, or (iii) funds for the
IFLOWS equipment or an equivalent device have been appropriated by the General
Assembly. Installation of IFLOWS gauges or similar devices shall not affect the
regulated status of the dam under the Virginia Dam Safety Act (§ 10.1-604 et
seq.). Any IFLOWS gauges and associated equipment shall be installed in a manner
approved by the Department of Emergency Management and shall be operated and
maintained by the Department of Emergency Management.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 709.