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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>364195</law_id><section_number>45.2-1649</section_number><catch_line> Replacement of water supply</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>45.2-1648</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="99" identifier="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="IV">Gas and Oil</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="16">Virginia Gas and Oil Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="5" identifier="5">Replacement of Water by Gas Well Operators</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If any water supply of a <span class="dictionary">surface owner</span> who obtains all or part of his supply of water for domestic use from a <span class="dictionary">water well</span> has been materially affected by contamination or partial or complete interruption proximately resulting from a <span class="dictionary">gas</span> well operation within 1,320 feet of the <span class="dictionary">water well</span>, the operator of such <span class="dictionary">gas</span> well shall promptly provide a replacement water supply that shall be capable of meeting the uses such water supply met prior to the contamination or partial or complete interruption.</p></section></text><history>1998, c. 227, &#xA7; 45.1-361.44; 2009, c. 293; 2017, c. 17; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
