Instream beneficial uses include, but are not limited to, the protection of fish and wildlife resources and habitat, maintenance of waste assimilation, recreation, navigation, and cultural and aesthetic values. "Beneficial use" means both instream and offstream uses.
Unless a different meaning is required by the context, the following terms as used in this chapter shall have the meanings hereinafter respectively ascribed to them: It is the policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the purpose of this law to: (1) protect existing high quality state waters and restore all other state waters to such condition of quality that any such waters will permit all reasonable public 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) prevent any increase in pollution (4) reduce existing pollution (5) promote and encourage the reclamation and reuse of wastewater in a manner protective of the environment and public health and (6) promote water resource conservation, management and distribution, and encourage water consumption reduction in order to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of the present and future citizens of the Commonwealth.Ĭode 1950, § 62.1-14 1968, c. The short title of this chapter is the State Water Control Law.
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