| Jurisdiction of Municipal Corporations to Prevent Water Pollution.

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Effective: October 1, 1953

Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly

No person shall pollute a running stream, the water of which is used for domestic purposes by a municipal corporation, by putting therein a putrid or offensive substance, injurious to health. The director of public service of a city or board of trustees of public affairs of a village shall enforce this section. The jurisdiction of a municipal corporation to prevent the pollution of its water supply and to provide a penalty therefor shall extend twenty miles beyond the municipal corporation limits.


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