9VAC25-610-70: Criteria for consideration of a groundwater management area

The board upon its own motion, or in its discretion, upon receipt of a petition by any county, city or town within the area in question, may initiate a groundwater management area proceeding, whenever in its judgment there is reason to believe that any one of the four following conditions exist:

1. Groundwater levels in the area are declining or are expected to decline excessively;

2. The wells of two or more groundwater users within the area are interfering or may be reasonably expected to interfere substantially with one another;

3. The available groundwater supply has been or may be overdrawn; or

4. The groundwater in the area has been or may become polluted.