{"id":140,"date":"2016-04-14T19:12:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T19:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drinking-water\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:17:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:17:59","slug":"virginias-drinking-water-rules-and-regulations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drinking-water\/office-of-drinking-water\/virginias-drinking-water-rules-and-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia&#8217;s Drinking Water Rules and Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Code of Virginia<\/h3>\n<p>As early as 1916, the Department of Health has been protecting the purity of drinking water to Virginia citizens. The statutes as stated in the Code of Virginia are periodically amended to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure that all Virginians have safe drinking water;<\/li>\n<li>Provide a simple and effective regulatory program for waterworks;<\/li>\n<li>Adapt to new health concerns in drinking water treatment and distribution systems; and<\/li>\n<li>Provide a means to improve inadequate waterworks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/title32.1\/chapter6\/section32.1-167\/\" rel=\"\">Code of Virginia &#8211; Virginia Public Water Supply Law<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a732.1-167 through \u00a732.1-176<br \/>\n\u00a732.1-170 authorizes the Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water to adopt Administrative Codes to ensure safe drinking water.<\/p>\n<h3>Virginia Administrative Code (VAC) for Waterworks Regulations<\/h3>\n<p>Title 12 of VAC Agency 5, Chapter 590 (12VAC5-590) is reserved for regulations for public waterworks<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/admincode\/title12\/agency5\/chapter590\/\" href=\"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/admincode\/title12\/agency5\/chapter590\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Waterworks Regulations<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Virginia Administrative Code (VAC) for Waterworks Technical Assistance Fee<\/h3>\n<p>Title 12 of VAC Agency 5, Chapter 600 (12VAC5-600) is reserved for the Waterworks Operation Fee<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/admincode\/title12\/agency5\/chapter600\/\" href=\"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/admincode\/title12\/agency5\/chapter600\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Waterworks Operation Fee Regulations<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Code of Virginia As early as 1916, the Department of Health has been protecting the purity of drinking water to Virginia citizens. 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