Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; continued withdrawal permit for residential well.

Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area;continued residential withdrawals. Directs the State Water ControlBoard to waive the expiration of any ground water withdrawal permitfor a well that serves exclusively residential users, is locatedin the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area north of theOccoquan River, and is located within five miles of any commercialor industrial permitted ground water withdrawal. The bill providesthat such waiver shall continue in force until the commercial orindustrial permitted ground water withdrawals have been halted forfive years. The Department of Environmental Quality shall then assesswhether the termination of the commercial or industrial permittedground water withdrawals has substantially mitigated the stress uponthe aquifer and redetermine whether the permit for the residentialwell shall be renewed.