Virginia § 45.2-1649 Replacement of water supply

Virginia Statutes

§ 45.2-1649 — Replacement of water supply

Virginia § 45.2-1649

JurisdictionVirginia

Title 45.2Mines, Minerals, and Energy

Subtitle IVGas and Oil

Ch. 16Virginia Gas and Oil Act

Art. 5Replacement of Water by Gas Well Operators

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Bluebook

Va. Code Ann. § 45.2-1649 (2026).

Text

If any water supply of a surface owner who obtains all or part of his supply of water for domestic use from a water well has been materially affected by contamination or partial or complete interruption proximately resulting from a gas well operation within 1,320 feet of the water well, the operator of such gas well shall promptly provide a replacement water supply that shall be capable of meeting the uses such water supply met prior to the contamination or partial or complete interruption.

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If any water supply of a surface owner who obtains all or part of his supply of water for domestic use from a water well has been materially affected by contamination or partial or complete interruption proximately resulting from a gas well operation within 1,320 feet of the water well, the operator of such gas well shall promptly provide a replacement water supply that shall be capable of meeting the uses such water supply met prior to the contamination or partial or complete interruption.