Water program guidance documents

Welcome to the Virginia DEQ's collection of guidance documents for the various water programs. These documents represent the agency's current approach to or thinking on a particular subject. The documents provided here do not substitute for Virginia's regulations; nor are they regulation themselves.

Guidance documents are available for the following water programs:

• Operator Training
• Petroleum Storage Tanks
• Total Maximum Daily Loads
• Water Permits
• Water Quality and Biological Monitoring and Assessments
• Water Quality Standards and Fish Tissue Programs
• Water Supply
• Watershed Programs

The guidance documents are in PDF format.