HD90 - Report of the State Water Commission


Executive Summary:
The State Water Commission is a permanent agency of the Commonwealth directed by statute to (i) study all qualitative and quantitative water supply and allocation problems in the Commonwealth, (ii) coordinate the legislative recommendations of other state entities responsible for water supply and allocation issues, and (iii) report annually its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor (§ 9-145.8 of the Code of Virginia) (*1). The Commission was given an additional responsibility by Chapter 912 of the 1996 Acts of Assembly (the budget), which directed the Commission to "review the ability of the Department of Environmental Quality to enforce ground water management statutes and regulations, and the sufficiency of resources within the agency." The Commission met in September and October of 1996 and in January of 1997. In addition to examining the state's ground water management program, the Commission reviewed several small water supply system issues, received an update on Virginia's Indoor Plumbing Program, and considered and endorsed appropriation requests from the Virginia Water Project, Inc., and the Virginia Water Resources Research Center.
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(*1) Subsequent citations are to the Code of Virginia unless otherwise indicated.