In any action for contamination or deprivation of a fresh water source or supply within one thousand feet of the site of drilling for an oil or gas well, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that such drilling, and such oil or gas well, or either, was the proximate cause of the contamination or deprivation of such fresh water source or supply.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 22. Environmental Resources
Article 6. Office of Oil and Gas; Oil and Gas Wells; Administration; Enforcement
§22-6-2. Secretary -- Powers and Duties Generally; Department Records Open to Public; Inspectors
§22-6-2a. Oil and Gas Inspectors Qualifications and Salary
§22-6-6. Permit Required for Well Work; Permit Fee; Application; Soil Erosion Control Plan
§22-6-7. Water Pollution Control Permits; Powers and Duties of the Director; Penalties
§22-6-9. Notice to Property Owners
§22-6-10. Procedure for Filing Comments; Certification of Notice
§22-6-19. Same -- Continuance During Life of Well; Dry or Abandoned Wells
§22-6-20. Same -- When Well Is Drilled Through Horizon of Coalbed From Which Coal Has Been Removed
§22-6-21. Same -- Installation of Fresh Water Casings
§22-6-24. Methods of Plugging Well
§22-6-25. Introducing Liquid Pressure Into Producing Strata to Recover Oil Contained Therein
§22-6-26. Performance Bonds; Corporate Surety or Other Security
§22-6-27. Cause of Action for Damages Caused by Explosions
§22-6-29. Operating Permit and Processing Fund; Special Reclamation Fund; Fees
§22-6-29a. Oil and Gas Abandoned Well Plugging Fund
§22-6-30. Reclamation Requirements
§22-6-32. Right of Adjacent Owner or Operator to Prevent Waste of Gas; Recovery of Cost
§22-6-35. Civil Action for Contamination or Deprivation of Fresh Water Source or Supply; Presumption
§22-6-36. Declaration of Oil and Gas Notice by Owners and Lessees of Coal Seams
§22-6-37. Rules, Orders and Permits Remain in Effect
§22-6-38. Application of Article; Exclusions
§22-6-40. Appeal From Order of Issuance or Refusal of Permit to Drill or Fracture; Procedure