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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>375180</law_id><section_number>62.1-44.6</section_number><catch_line>Chapter supplementary to existing laws</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="132" identifier="62.1">Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="6" identifier="3.1">State Water Control Law</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>This chapter is intended to supplement existing <span class="dictionary">laws</span> and no part thereof shall be construed to repeal any existing <span class="dictionary">laws</span> specifically enacted for the protection of health or the protection of fish, shellfish and game of the Commonwealth, except that the administration of any such <span class="dictionary">laws</span> pertaining to the <span class="dictionary">pollution</span> of <span class="dictionary">state waters</span>, as herein defined, shall be in accord with the purpose of this chapter and general <span class="dictionary">policies</span> adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 62.1-18; 1968, c. 659; 1970, c. 638.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
