                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERMITS FOR CERTAIN GROUND WATER WITHDRAWALS IN EASTERN VIRGINIA GROUNDWATER
MANAGEMENT AREA (§ 62.1-262.2)

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 62.1-266, the Board shall waive the
expiration of any ground water withdrawal permit for a well that serves
exclusively residential users, is located in the Eastern Virginia Groundwater
Management Area north of the Occoquan River, and is located within five miles of
any commercial or industrial permitted ground water withdrawal until all such
permitted withdrawals for commercial or industrial permitted wells within five
miles of the subject residential well have been halted for five years. No sooner
than five years after the termination of such commercial or industrial
withdrawals, the Department shall assess whether the termination of the
commercial or industrial withdrawals has substantially mitigated the stress upon
the aquifer in proximity to the permitted residential well and redetermine
whether the ground water withdrawal permit for the residential well shall be
renewed.

HISTORY: 2024, c. 768.