Chairman
Jeffrey K. Walker, Northampton County Board of Supervisors
Vice Chairman
Wanda J. Thornton, Accomack County Board of Supervisors
Committee Members
Jim Belote, Accomack County
E. Philip McCaleb, Accomack County Board of Supervisors
Katherine Nunez, Northampton County Administrator
Steven B. Miner, Accomack County Administrator
Robert H. Meyers, Northampton County
J. W. Jeffries, Accomack County
Eugene R. Hampton, Northampton County
Dave Burden, Northampton County Board of Supervisors
Elaine K. N. Meil, Planning District Commission
Background
The Eastern Shore of Virginia Ground Water Committee is a bi-county committee formed
in 1990 by Accomack and Northampton Counties to study and plan for ground water
protection. The 11-member committee meets monthly and includes elected officials, citizens,
and local government staff. The Planning District Commission staffs the committee and
a consulting hydrogeologist advises the committee, prepares technical reports,
and coordinates with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the
United States Geological Survey.
Our Mandate
The committee’s mandate is to “assist local governments and residents
of the Eastern Shore in understanding, protecting and managing ground water resources,
to prepare a ground water resources protection and management plan, to serve as
an educational and informational resource to local governments and residents of
the Eastern Shore, and to initiate special studies concerning the protection and
management of the Eastern Shore ground water resource.
