                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE (§ 62.1-44.2)

The short title of this chapter is the State Water Control Law. It is the policy
of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the purpose of this law to: (1) protect
existing high quality state waters and restore all other state waters to such
condition of quality that any such waters will permit all reasonable public uses
and will support the propagation and growth of all aquatic life, including game
fish, which might reasonably be expected to inhabit them; (2) safeguard the
clean waters of the Commonwealth from pollution; (3) prevent any increase in
pollution; (4) reduce existing pollution; (5) promote and encourage the
reclamation and reuse of wastewater in a manner protective of the environment
and public health; and (6) promote water resource conservation, management and
distribution, and encourage water consumption reduction in order to provide for
the health, safety, and welfare of the present and future citizens of the
Commonwealth.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 62.1-14; 1968, c. 659; 1970, c. 638; 1978, c. 827; 2000,
c. 972.