Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 25 - STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 740 - WATER RECLAMATION AND REUSE REGULATION › Part I - Definitions and General Program Requirements › Section 9VAC25-740-40 - Permitting requirements

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The owner of
				  the reclamation system and the owner of the reclaimed water distribution system
				  or the reclaimed water agent shall obtain a VPDES or VPA permit to produce and
				  distribute reclaimed water, unless otherwise excluded from the requirements of
				  this chapter under
				  9VAC25-740-50
				  A. Where both the reclamation system and the reclaimed water distribution
				  system are under common ownership and management, one permit may be issued to
				  the owner. Permit coverage may be provided through modification or reissuance
				  of an existing VPA permit, or reissuance of or administrative authorization for
				  an existing VPDES permit to include standards, monitoring requirements and
				  special conditions that address water reclamation and reuse.
B. The owner of a satellite reclamation
				  system (SRS) shall obtain a VPA permit. Alternatively and at the discretion of
				  the department, a SRS may be authorized under a VPA or VPDES permit issued to a
				  wastewater treatment works that is under common ownership or management with
				  the SRS and receives wastewater and residuals discharged by the SRS.
C. Each end user shall enter into a service
				  agreement or contract with all reclaimed water agents from which the end user
				  receives reclaimed water prior to receipt of such water. Monitoring and
				  management of individual end users shall be by the reclaimed water agents with
				  whom the end users have a service connection, and through the service
				  agreements or contracts between the reclaimed water agents and the individual
				  end users unless affected by a permit issued to an end user as described in
				  subsection F of this section.
D.
				  Where a reclamation system and a reclaimed water distribution system that
				  receives reclaimed water from the reclamation system are under separate
				  ownership and management, and the reclaimed water distribution system does not
				  distribute reclaimed water to end users other than to the owner or management
				  of that system, the reclaimed water distribution system may not require a
				  permit provided a service agreement or contract is established between the
				  reclamation system and the reclaimed water distribution system.
E. A separate permit may be required for end
				  users receiving reclaimed water directly from more than one reclamation system,
				  SRS, reclaimed water distribution system, or a combination thereof. An end user
				  may be authorized under the permit issued to one of the reclamation systems,
				  SRSs, or reclaimed water distribution systems that supply reclaimed water to
				  the end user, provided the end user is under common ownership or management
				  with the permitted system.
F.
				  Property irrigated with reclaimed water from a reclamation system, SRS, or
				  reclaimed water distribution system under common ownership or management with
				  that property, shall be regulated by the permit issued to the reclamation
				  system, SRS, or reclaimed water distribution system providing reclaimed water
				  to the irrigated property.
G. A
				  reclamation system shall not discharge reclaimed or reject water to surface
				  waters of the state in lieu of providing storage, discharging to another
				  permitted reuse system, if applicable; returning reclaimed or reject water to a
				  wastewater treatment works; or suspending production of reclaimed water;
				  without authorization to discharge under a VPDES permit.
Statutory Authority: § 62.1-44.15 of the Code of
						Virginia.