                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 62.1-233)

As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the
context:
		&#8220;Authority&#8221; means the Virginia Resources Authority created in
Chapter 21 (§ 62.1-197 et seq.) of this title.
		&#8220;Board&#8221; means the Board of Health.
		&#8220;Cost,&#8221; as applied to any project financed under the provisions of
this chapter, means the total of all costs incurred as reasonable and necessary
for carrying out all works and undertakings necessary or incident to the
accomplishment of any project. It includes, without limitation, all necessary
developmental, planning and feasibility studies, surveys, plans and
specifications, architectural, engineering, financial, legal or other special
services, the cost of acquisition of land and any buildings and improvements
thereon, including the discharge of any obligations of the sellers of such land,
buildings or improvements, site preparation and development, including
demolition or removal of existing structures, construction and reconstruction,
labor, materials, machinery and equipment, the reasonable costs of financing
incurred in the course of the development of the project, carrying charges
incurred before placing the project in service, interest on funds borrowed to
finance the project to a date subsequent to the estimated date the project is to
be placed in service, necessary expenses incurred in connection with placing the
project in service, the funding of accounts and reserves which the Authority may
require and the cost of other items which the Authority determines to be
reasonable and necessary.
		&#8220;Fund&#8221; means the Virginia Water Supply Revolving Fund created by
this chapter.
		&#8220;Local government&#8221; means any county, city, town, municipal
corporation, authority, district, commission or political subdivision created by
the General Assembly or pursuant to the Constitution or laws of the Commonwealth
or any combination of any two or more of the foregoing.
		&#8220;Noncommunity waterworks&#8221; means a waterworks that serves an
average of at least twenty-five individuals for at least sixty days out of the
year and such individuals are not year-round residents.
		&#8220;Other entities&#8221; means owners of waterworks; however, this term
does not include the federal government or owners of noncommunity waterworks
operated for profit.
		&#8220;Project&#8221; means any water supply facility which serves primarily
residents of the Commonwealth or which is located or to be located in the
Commonwealth. The term includes, without limitation, water supply and intake
facilities; water treatment and filtration facilities; water storage facilities;
water distribution facilities; related office, administrative, storage,
maintenance and laboratory facilities; and interests in land related thereto.
		&#8220;Waterworks&#8221; means a system that serves piped water for drinking
or domestic use to (i) the public, (ii) at least fifteen connections or (iii) an
average of twenty-five individuals for at least sixty days out of the year. The
term includes all structures, equipment and appurtenances used in the storage,
collection, purification, treatment and distribution of pure water except the
piping and fixtures inside the building where such water is delivered.

HISTORY: 1987, c. 324; 1997, cc. 651, 665.