CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPROVAL FOR CERTAIN WATER SUPPLY IMPOUNDMENT FACILITIES (§ 15.2-5122)

No locality or authority shall construct, provide or operate outside its
boundaries any water supply impoundment system without first obtaining the
consent of the governing body of the locality in which such system is to be
located; however, no consent shall be required for the operation of any such
water supply impoundment system in existence on July 1, 1976, or in the process
of construction or for which the site has been purchased or for the orderly
expansion of such water supply system.In any case in which the approval by such
governing body is withheld, the party seeking such approval may petition for the
convening of a special court, pursuant to §§ 15.2-2135 through 15.2-2141.

HISTORY: 1975, c. 573, § 15.1-1250.1; 1976, c. 69; 1997, c. 587.