9VAC25-401-10. Purpose and authority.
This chapter is established by the State Water Control Board to regulate the discharge of sewage treatment effluent to surface waters in the Dulles Area Watershed, which is located upstream of several major public water supply intakes serving the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The Dulles Area Watershed is composed of the southeastern portion of Loudoun County, the northwestern portion of Fairfax County, and a small northwestern portion of Arlington County. This regulation does not restrict or affect sewage treatment plants within the Dulles Area Watershed that do not discharge to surface waters within the watershed.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to authority vested in the State Water Control Board by §§ 62.1-44.15 (3a) and 62.1-44.15 (13) of the State Water Control Law.
Statutory Authority
§ 62.1-44.15 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 20, Issue 25, eff. September 22, 2004.