{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-45.2-1649","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 45.2-1649","heading":"Replacement of water supply","body":"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.1998, c. 227, § 45.1-361.44; 2009, c. 293; 2017, c. 17; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","path":["Title 45.2. Mines, Minerals, and Energy","Subtitle IV. Gas and Oil","Chapter 16. Virginia Gas and Oil Act","Article 5. Replacement of Water by Gas Well Operators"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/45.2-1649/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:16:34Z","sha256":"b29da8463f1c01915e29f808da2c15ffde4423f441643db7cb331fe2c6fed79f","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-45.2-1648","next":"us-va/va.-code-45.2-1700"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}