Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors

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This is Title 62.1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors.” It contains 578 laws divided across 74 structures.

Chapter 1	Watercourses Generally
Chapter 2	State Policy as to Waters
Chapter 2.1	Wetlands [Repealed]
Chapter 3.7	Chesapeake Bay and Virginia Waters Clean-Up and Oversight Act
Chapter 2.2	Coastal Primary Sand Dune Protection Act [Repealed]
Chapter 3.8	Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan Initiatives
Chapter 3	State Water Control Law [Repealed]
Chapter 5.3	Rappahannock River Basin Commission
Chapter 3.1	State Water Control Law
Chapter 3.2	Conservation of Water Resources; State Water Control Board
Chapter 3.3	State Water Resources Law [Repealed]
Chapter 3.4	The Groundwater Act of 1973 [Repealed]
Chapter 3.5	Flood Damage Reduction Act [Repealed]
Chapter 3.6	Potomac River Riparian Rights Act
Chapter 21.1	Wastewater Infrastructure Policy
Chapter 4	Public Water Supply [Repealed]
Chapter 5	Potomac River Basin Commission
Chapter 5.1	Potomac River Basin Compact [Repealed]
Chapter 24	Surface Water Management Areas
Chapter 5.2	Chesapeake Bay Commission
Chapter 26	Potomac Aquifer Recharge Monitoring
Chapter 5.4	Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee
Chapter 5.5	Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission
Chapter 5.6	Rivanna River Basin Commission
Chapter 6	Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Chapter 6.1	Ohio River Basin Commission [Repealed]
Chapter 7	Water-Power Development, Conservation of Hydroelectric Power Dams and Works
Chapter 8	Impoundment of Surface Waters
Chapter 8.1	Dam Safety Act [Repealed]
Chapter 9	Mills, Dams and Certain Other Works on Watercourses
Chapter 10	Virginia Port Authority
Chapter 11	Federal Water Resources Development Projects
Chapter 12	Virginia Beach Erosion Council [Repealed]
Chapter 13	Improvement of Navigability of Streams
Chapter 14	Foreign Trade Zones
Chapter 15	Port Management Generally
Chapter 16	Wharves, Docks, Piers and Bulkheads
Chapter 17	Motorboats and Water Safety [Repealed]
Chapter 18	Protection of Aids to Navigation
Chapter 19	Dredging Sand and Gravel
Chapter 19.1	Cleaning Agents
Chapter 20	Miscellaneous Offenses
Chapter 21	Virginia Resources Authority
Chapter 22	Virginia Water Facilities Revolving Fund
Chapter 23	Virginia Water Supply Revolving Fund
Chapter 23.1	Virginia Solid Waste or Recycling Revolving Fund
Chapter 23.2	Combined Sewer Overflow Matching Fund
Chapter 25	Ground Water Management Act of 1992