                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

IRRIGATION WELLS FOR NONAGRICULTURAL USE PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS (§ 62.1-258.1)

Unless the Department of Environmental Quality has determined that the quantity
or quality of the ground water in the surficial aquifer is not adequate to
supply the proposed beneficial use, it shall be unlawful in a ground water
management area for any person to construct a well for nonagricultural
irrigation purposes except in the surficial aquifer. The provisions of this
section shall not apply to wells constructed prior to the effective date of
regulations adopted pursuant to subsection H of § 62.1-266.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 670.