HD37 - Report of the State Water Commission


Executive Summary:
The State Water Commission is a legislatively mandated fifteen-member panel (Va. Code § 9-145.5) whose purpose is to:

1. Study all aspects of water supply and allocation problems in the Commonwealth.

2. Coordinate the legislative recommendations of all state entities having responsibility with respect to water supplies and allocation issues.

In 1986, the Commission reviewed water policy related to the issues of underground storage tanks, crop irrigation reporting, and long term groundwater management. This document is offered as the Commission's report on its 1986 activities.