Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 25 - STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 780 - LOCAL AND REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY PLANNING › Section 9VAC25-780-30 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Unless otherwise defined in this chapter or unless the
				  context clearly indicates otherwise, the terms used in this regulation shall
				  have the meanings ascribed to them by the State Water Control Law, Chapter 3.1
				  (§ 62.1-44.2 et seq.) of Title 62.1 of the Code of Virginia; the Ground
				  Water Management Act of 1992, Chapter 25 (§ 62.1-254 et seq.) of Title
				  62.1 of the Code of Virginia; the Virginia Water Protection Permit Program
				  Regulation, 9VAC25-210 ; and the Surface Water Management Area Regulation,
				  9VAC25-220 , including any general permits issued thereunder.
"Beneficial use" means both in-stream and offstream uses.
				  In-stream beneficial uses include, but are not limited to, the protection of
				  fish and wildlife habitat, maintenance of waste assimilation, recreation,
				  navigation, and cultural and aesthetic values. Offstream beneficial uses
				  include, but are not limited to, domestic (including public water supply),
				  agricultural, electric power generation, and commercial and industrial
				  uses.
"Board" means the State Water Control Board.
"Community water system" means a waterworks that serves at
				  least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves
				  at least 25 year-round residents, and is regulated by the Virginia Department
				  of Health Waterworks Regulation (12VAC5-590).
"Conservation" means practices, techniques, and technologies
				  that improve the efficiency of water use.
"Department" means the Department of Environmental
				  Quality.
"Local government" means a city, incorporated town or
				  county.
"Local program" means the combined water plan, resource
				  conditions, and drought response and contingency plan developed in compliance
				  with this regulation. The term "local program" will be used in this regulation
				  to mean either local or regional programs. The term "program" implies the
				  institution of a continuous planning process for maintenance of these
				  documents.
"Planning area" means the geographical area as defined by
				  local government boundaries that is included in a local or regional water
				  supply plan.
"Planning period" means the 30-year to 50-year time frame
				  used by the locality to project future water demand in accordance with
				  9VAC25-780-100 B.
"Regional planning unit" means a collection of local
				  governments who have voluntarily elected to develop and submit a regional water
				  plan. A regional planning unit may be composed of all local governments located
				  within the bounds of a planning district, any subset of local governments
				  within the bounds of a planning district, or any group of local governments
				  within multiple planning districts.
"Regional water plan" means a water plan developed and
				  submitted by two or more cities or counties or both. A town and an adjacent
				  county may develop a regional water plan. Two or more towns may develop and
				  submit a regional water plan where the plan results in the proposed development
				  of future water supply projects that address the water supply demands of the
				  affected towns. Such plans developed by two or more towns may be included in
				  regional water plans developed and submitted by counties or cities. Regional
				  water plans shall be developed and submitted in conjunction with all public
				  service authorities operating community water systems within the regional
				  planning unit, if applicable.
"Self-supplied user" means any person making a withdrawal of
				  surface water or ground water from an original source (e.g., a river, stream,
				  lake, aquifer, or reservoir fed by any such water body) for their own use.
				  Self-supplied users do not receive water from a community water system.
"Service area" means the geographical area served by a
				  community water system.
"Technical evaluation committee" means a committee of state
				  agencies, including but not limited to the Department of Health, the Department
				  of Conservation and Recreation, the Marine Resources Commission, the Department
				  of Historic Resources, and the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries,
				  convened by the Department of Environmental Quality in accordance with
				  subdivision 8 of
				  9VAC25-780-60 to provide comments
				  on the impacts to or conflicts among in-stream and offstream uses resulting
				  from proposed alternatives for meeting projected water demands.
"Unaccounted for losses" means the difference between a
				  community water system's billing records for volumes of water distributed and
				  production records for volumes of water treated.
"Water demand management" means plans for water
				  conservation, reuse, and reducing unaccounted for water losses contained in a
				  local program.
"Water plan" means a document developed in compliance with
				  this regulation. The term "water plan" will be used in this regulation to mean
				  either local or regional water plans.
"Water sources" means wells, stream intakes, and reservoirs
				  that serve as sources of water supplies.
Statutory Authority: §§ 62.1-44.15 and
					 62.1-44.38:1 of the Code of Virginia.