                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COOPERATIVE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED (§ 10.1-2118)

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. 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 (§ 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.

HISTORY: 1997, cc. 21, 625, 626.