(1) It is the purpose of this article to provide additional and cumulative remedies to prevent, control, and abate water pollution and protect water quality.
No action pursuant to section 25-8-609 shall bar enforcement of any provision of thisarticle or of any rule or order issued pursuant to this article by any authorized means.
Nothing in this article shall abridge or alter rights of action or remedies existing on orafter July 1, 1981, nor shall any provision of this article or anything done by virtue of this article be construed as estopping individuals, cities, towns, counties, cities and counties, or duly constituted political subdivisions of the state from the exercise of their respective rights to suppress nuisances.
Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1336, § 1, effective July 1.