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West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
The West Virginia DEP was created on (date needed) in order to legally address water consumption issues for West Virginia.

In 2004, the West Virginia legislature passed the Water Resources Protection Act. The purpose of the act was to gather information on the quantity and use of state surface and groundwater resources. In 2008, the act was amended and renamed the Water Resources Protection and Management Act. The act now requires the development of a water resources management plan for the state by 2013. Progress reports to the Joint Legislative Oversight Commission on State Water Resources are required each November.