62.1-44.2 - Short title; purpose. - Virginia Statutes

§ 62.1-44.2. Short title; purpose.

The short title of this chapter is the State Water Control Law. It is thepolicy of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the purpose of this law to: (1)protect existing high quality state waters and restore all other state watersto such condition of quality that any such waters will permit all reasonablepublic 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) preventany increase in pollution; (4) reduce existing pollution; (5) promote andencourage the reclamation and reuse of wastewater in a manner protective ofthe environment and public health; and (6) promote water resourceconservation, management and distribution, and encourage water consumptionreduction in order to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of thepresent and future citizens of the Commonwealth.

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