Contents of Plan

Past and Future plans include the following elements:  

• Description of existing water sources;
• Description of existing water use;
• Desctiptions of existing natural resources;
• Assessment of projected water demands;
• Statement of need;
• Alternatives analysis to address projected deficits in water supplies; and
• Descriptions of water management and drought response actions.

The 2029 Plan will include a new section for identifying water supply risks and proposing regional strategies to address them.

2011 Plan Sub-Regions

Information in the plan is organized by sub-regions as follows:

• Peninsula sub-region: Cities of Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, and Williamsburg; and Counties of Gloucester, James City, and York.
• Southside sub-region: Cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, and Suffolk.
• Western Tidewater sub-region: City of Franklin; Counties of Isle of Wight, Southampton, and Surry; and Towns of Boykins, Branchville, Capron, Claremont, Courtland, Dendron, Ivor, Newsoms, Smithfield, Surry, and Windsor.

See the below map that details these sub-regions:

2029 Plan Regional Planning Areas

The amended local and regional water supply planning regulation defined regional planning areas (RPAs) across Virginia.  The 2029 Hampton Roads Regional Water Supply Plan will include two RPAs:  Southeast Virginia and the York and James River 2 regional planning areas.

• York & James River 2 RPA:  Cities of Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson and Williamsburg, and the Counties of York, James City, Gloucester and New Kent.
• Southeast Virginia RPA:  Cities of Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk, and Franklin, and the Counties of Isle of Wight, Southampton, and Surry.

Incorporated Towns are included as well.  Towns are members of the same RPA as the County they are located within.

Final Plan

These files comprise the final report accepted by HRPDC on July 21, 2011 and subsequently distributed to member jurisdictions for consideration and action at local public hearings.

• Hampton Roads Regional Water Supply Plan (July 2011) (PDF)
• Appendix A, Data Tables (ZIP)
• Attachment 1, Supporting Information (ZIP)

The updates approved in 2019 were submitted to DEQ's new online database VAHydro. An updated Regional Water Supply Plan report was not created.

Records of Local Public Hearings

These files document the locality public hearings held to solicit comments and consider resolutions to adopt the regional plan.

• Local Program Adoption Documents (October 2011) (PDF)
• Addendum to the Hampton Roads Regional Water Supply Plan Local Program Adoption Documents (March 2012) (PDF)

No written comments were received, and all twenty-seven participating localities approved the Plan and provided copies of resolutions and minutes from the public hearings.