                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CITIZEN WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM (§ 62.1-44.19:11)

A. The Department of Environmental Quality shall establish a citizen water
quality monitoring program to provide technical assistance and may provide
grants to support citizen water quality monitoring groups if (i) the monitoring
is done pursuant to a memorandum of agreement with the Department, (ii) the
project or activity is consistent with the Department of Environmental
Quality&#8217;s water quality monitoring program, (iii) the monitoring is
conducted in a manner consistent with the Virginia Citizens Monitoring Methods
Manual, and (iv) the location of the water quality monitoring activity is part
of the water quality control plan required under &#xA7; 62.1-44.19:5. The
results of such citizen monitoring shall not be used as evidence in any
enforcement action.

B. It shall be the goal of the Department to encourage citizen water quality
monitoring so that 3,000 stream miles are monitored by volunteer citizens by
2010.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 708; 2007, c. 29.