{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-22-6-35","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 22-6-35","heading":"Civil action for contamination or deprivation of fresh water source or supply; presumption.","body":"In any action for contamination or deprivation of a fresh water source or supply within one thousand feet of the site of drilling for an oil or gas well, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that such drilling, and such oil or gas well, or either, was the proximate cause of the contamination or deprivation of such fresh water source or supply.","path":["CHAPTER 22. ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES.","ARTICLE 6. OFFICE OF OIL AND GAS; OIL AND GAS WELLS; ADMINISTRATION; ENFORCEMENT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/22-6-35/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:25:59Z","sha256":"e82a762019817f17b363560dac184bdf864447f74b464a42b071515327b00f92","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-22-6-34","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-22-6-36"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}