Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, commercial, and industrial purposes and from data centers. Requires any water user required to register water withdrawal and use data to the State Water Control Board that provides water to another person offsite to include in its report, submitted on its regular reporting schedule, the total volume of potable water and, reported separately, the total volume of reclaimed water, as defined in the bill, provided during each month for each of the following categories: (i) a data center with an air permit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality and (ii) to the extent available without utility billing system modifications, (a) domestic purposes, (b) commercial and industrial purposes, separately or combined as available, and (c) all other non-categorized purposes. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 496.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 62.1-44.38
Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute: 62.1-44.38
Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute: 15.2-2286
Conference Report Substitute: 62.1-44.38
Enrolled: 62.1-44.38