9VAC25-780-60. State role in regional water supply plan preparation

To assist local governments in the development of regional water supply plans, the department will: 1. Provide planning, policy, and technical assistance to each regional planning area differentiated according to each area's water supply challenges, existing resources, and other factors; 2. Provide financial assistance from any planning funds and prioritize the allocation of planning funds and other available funds to local governments that sufficiently participate in regional planning; 3. Provide guidance on compliance options; 4. Facilitate acquisition of existing water resource conditions (the department shall prepare and post on its website a list of readily available sources for the items identified in 9VAC25-780-90 B); 5. Facilitate acquisition of existing use information that has been reported to the department; 6. Facilitate acquisition of water management information (the department shall prepare and post on its website a list of acceptable practices that are used with regard to the topics in 9VAC25-780-110 ); 7. Identify acceptable methods for the projection of future water demands per 9VAC25-780-100 ; 8. Provide any information regarding known beneficial use conflicts relating to the development of alternatives as identified in the most recent State Water Resources and Supply Plan; 9. Convene kickoff meetings for the regional planning units; 10. Follow up with localities that have been identified as not participating in the regional planning unit and the development of the regional water supply plan; 11. Ensure that local governments coordinate sufficiently in the development of regional plans; 12. Ensure that each regional plan clearly identifies the region's water supply risks and proposes strategies to address those risks; 13. At the request of the applicant, convene a technical evaluation committee meeting; and 14. Provide notice on the department website of local public informational meetings on the regional water supply plan upon notification by the locality.