                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATE POLICY AS TO COMMUNITY AND ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT (§ 62.1-223.1)

It is the policy of the Commonwealth to prioritize universal access to
wastewater treatment that protects public health and the environment and
supports local economic growth and stability. To further this policy, the
Commonwealth endorses (i) public education about the importance of adequate
wastewater treatment; (ii) collaboration among local, state, and federal
government entities, including consistent collaboration and coordination of
grant requirements and timelines; (iii) the prioritized, focused, and innovative
use of state and federal funding to address needs determined pursuant to §
62.1-223.3; (iv) a preference for community-based and regional projects as
opposed to cumulative and repetitive site-by-site individual solutions; (v) the
use of integrated solutions across sewer and onsite wastewater treatment
systems; and (vi) the incorporation of the effects of climate change into
wastewater treatment regulatory and funding programs.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 382.