29.1-213 - Taking samples of water believed to be polluted. - Virginia Statutes

§ 29.1-213. Taking samples of water believed to be polluted.

Any conservation police officer appointed under the provisions of this titlemay, and shall when requested by a member of the governing body of a county,city or town, take samples of water from any stream in this Commonwealth whenhe has reason to believe that the water may be polluted. Any conservationpolice officer collecting any water sample shall take the sample in a cleancontainer, seal it, and send it to the State Water Control Board. With thesample, the conservation police officer shall enclose a signed statementshowing in reasonable detail the time and place at which the sample wastaken. The officer shall keep the original of the statement and send the copywith the sample.

(1954, c. 695, § 29-35.1; 1987, c. 488; 2007, c. 87.)