Code of Virginia - Title 62.1 Waters Of The State, Ports And Harbors - Chapter 8 Impoundment Of Surface Waters

  • 62.1-104 Definitions
    (1) Except as modified below, the definitions contained in Title 1 shall apply in this chapter. (2) "Board" means the State Water Control Board. (3) ...
  • 62.1-104.1 Description unavailable
    Repealed by Acts 1982, c. 583. ...
  • 62.1-105 Impoundment of diffused surface waters
    Diffused surface waters may be captured and impounded by the owner of the land on which they are present and, when so impounded, become the ...
  • 62.1-106 When floodwaters may be captured and stored by riparian owners
    Water in watercourses which is over and above the average flow of the stream may, upon approval, be captured and stored by riparian owners for ...
  • 62.1-107 Application for leave to store floodwaters; notice to interested persons and to State Water Contro...
    Any riparian owner, or riparian owners, desiring to store floodwaters under the conditions specified in § 62.1-106 may apply for leave so to do to ...
  • 62.1-108 Time and place of hearing on petition; parties
    Upon the filing of any such petition, the court or judge thereof in vacation shall set a time and place for hearing the same, which ...
  • 62.1-109 Board to examine petition and report to court
    Upon receipt of a copy of any such petition the Board shall examine the same and report thereon to the court upon the following matters: ...
  • 62.1-110 Court to hear and determine issues; reference to commissioner
    The court, on the day specified in the order of publication, shall hear and determine the issues in the proceeding based on the report and ...
  • 62.1-111 When leave not granted; terms and conditions; appeals
    If, on the report and other evidence, it appears to the court that by granting such leave other riparian owners will be injured, or there ...
  • 62.1-112 When leave shall expire
    If the applicant shall not begin his work within two years, and so far finish it within three years after such leave, as then to ...
  • 62.1-113 Use of bed of watercourse
    The Commonwealth hereby gives its consent to the use of the bed of any watercourse to which it has title for the construction of any ...
  • 62.1-114 Exceptions to application of chapter
    The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any construction which should be undertaken under Chapter 7 (§ 62.1-80 et seq.) or 9 (§ ...
  • 62.1-115 Use of waters stored
    Any owner constructing an impounding structure under the provisions of this chapter shall have the sole and unrestricted use of the floodwaters thus stored for ...

Last modified: April 3, 2009