45.1-179.2 - Definitions. - Virginia Statutes

§ 45.1-179.2. Definitions.

The following terms used in this chapter have the meanings respectivelyascribed thereto unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

"Correlative rights" means the right of each geothermal owner in ageothermal system to produce without waste his just and equitable share ofthe geothermal resources in the geothermal system;

"Geothermal energy" means the usable energy produced or which can beproduced from geothermal resources;

"Geothermal resource" means the natural heat of the earth and the energy inwhatever form, present in, associated with, created by, or which may beextracted from, that natural heat, as determined by the rules and regulationsof the Department;

"Geothermal system" means any aquifer, pool, reservoir, or other geologicformation containing geothermal resources; and

"Board" means the State Water Control Board.

(1981, c. 506; 1984, c. 590.)