62.1-247 - Use of surface water in surface water management area.

§ 62.1-247. Use of surface water in surface water management area.

After an area has been declared a surface water management area by an orderof the Board, no person shall withdraw or attempt to withdraw any surfacewater, except for withdrawals exempted under § 62.1-243 or made pursuant to avoluntary agreement approved by the Board pursuant to § 62.1-245, without asurface water withdrawal permit issued by the Board.

(1989, c. 721; 1999, c. 561.)