SEC. | CLASS | SP. STDS. | SECTION DESCRIPTION |
1 | II | Back Bay and its tributaries in the City of Virginia Beach to the Virginia-North Carolina state line and the Northwest River and its tidal tributaries from the Virginia-North Carolina state line to the free flowing portion, unless otherwise designated in this chapter and North Landing River and its tidal tributaries from the Virginia-North Carolina state line to the Great Bridge Lock of the Intracoastal Waterway and Salem Canal up to its intersection with Timberlake Road at N36°48'35.67"/W76°08'31.70". Includes West Neck Creek to the Dam Neck Road bridge at N36°47'20.00"/W76°04'12.10". | |
1a | III | The free flowing portions of streams in Section 1 and tributaries of Stumpy Lake. | |
1b | III | PWS | Stumpy Lake (raw water supply for the City of Norfolk) and feeder streams to points 5 miles upstream. |
1c | II | PWS | Northwest River and its tributaries from the City of Chesapeake's raw water intake to points 5 miles upstream and points 5 miles downstream. |
2 | III | Intracoastal Waterway (portions not described in Section 1). | |
VII | Swamp Waters in Section 2 | ||
Dismal Swamp Canal and tributaries from the Deep Creek Locks downstream to the Virginia/North Carolina state line. | |||
3 | III | dd, ESW-3 | Lake Drummond, including feeder ditches, and all interstate tributaries of the Dismal Swamp between Virginia and North Carolina. |
VII | Swamp Waters in Section 3 | ||
Feeder Ditch to Lake Drummond and tributaries. |
9 Va. Admin. Code § 25-260-480
Statutory Authority
§ 62.1-44.15 of the Code of Virginia; 33 USC § 1251 et seq. of the federal Clean Water Act; 40 CFR Part 131.