Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 32.1 > Chapter 6 > Article 2.1 - . Private Well Construction.

• City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
• Construction of wells: means acts necessary to construct wells, including the location of wells. See Virginia Code 32.1-176.3
• Department: means the State Department of Health. See Virginia Code 32.1-3
• Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, or association or any other legal entity. See Virginia Code 32.1-3
• Private well: means any water well constructed for a person on land which is owned or leased by that person and is usually intended for household, ground water source heat pump, agricultural use, industrial use or other nonpublic water well. See Virginia Code 32.1-176.3
• Site plan: means a sketch of a parcel of land, showing the property boundaries, the proposed site of the water well, and any potential sources of contamination. See Virginia Code 32.1-176.3
• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
• survey plat: means the schematic representation of a parcel of land, showing the property boundaries, the proposed site of the water well, and any potential sources of contamination, prepared by an individual licensed by the Commonwealth to perform such services. See Virginia Code 32.1-176.3
• United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255