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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 5. Department of Health
Chapter 590. Waterworks Regulations
12/22/2024

12VAC5-590-55. Relationship of this chapter to the Uniform Statewide Building Code.

A. This chapter governs waterworks facilities from any source water to all service connections.

B. In accordance with § 36-98 of the Code of Virginia and the USBC, the USBC governs the construction of buildings and structures, including plumbing systems and backflow prevention. The USBC also governs the water service piping from the service connection to a building or structure.

C. Notwithstanding subsections A and B of this section, this chapter shall govern:

1. Water treatment, storage, pumping facilities, and water piping that are part of a waterworks and housed in any building or structure; and

2. Backflow prevention assemblies or elimination methods, or both, installed for containment and located downstream from the service connection, including where located in any building or structure.

Statutory Authority

§§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-170 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 37, Issue 20, eff. June 23, 2021.

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