The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-09-12
TO PREVENT THE POLLUTION OF
WATER USED FOR SUPPLY
OF CITIES AND TOWNS.

lishment Of large lumber camp
in the mountains above our
water source, which viii likely
pollute our water supply. we
publish from the code of Nir-
ginia. (Sec. 1913 al the law gov
erning such matters, which, TO
our minds, seems ample au-
thority for the town of Big
Stone Gap to prevent the estab-
lishment of any camp above
our water supply that is likely
TO contaminate our water and
endanger the lives of our citi-
zens.
The section referred TO in The
code is as follows:
lit shall be unlawful except
as hereinafter provided for any
person 10 defile or render i'm
pure. turbid or offensive the
water used for the supply OF
any city or town of this State
or the sources of streams used
for furnishing such supply OF
endanger the purity thereof by
the following means or any of
them. 10 wit. BY washing or
bathing therein. or 10y casting
into any spring. well, pond.
lake, or reservoir from which
such supply is drawn, or into
any stream SO used or the tribu-
fary thereof above the point
where such supply is taken out
such stream or is impounded
.0r the purposes of such supply.
or into any canal. acQueduct. OF
other camel or Receptacle for
water connected with any
works Tor furnishing "A public
water supply any oifal, dead
fish. or carcass of any animal.
or any human or animal filth
or other foul or waste animal
matter. or any waste vegetable
OF mineral substance. or the re-
fuse OF any mine, mandatory
or manufacturing process, or
10y discharging or permitting
10 flow into any such source,
spring. well, reservoir, pond
stream, or the tributary thereof
canal acqueduct, or other recep-
tacle for water the contents OF
any sewer, privy, stable OF
barn-yard, or the impure drain
age OF any mine, any crude OF
refined petroleum, chemicals
or any foul, noxious, or often
siVe drainage whatsoever, OF
10y constructing or maintaining
any privy-vault or cesspool. OF
by storing manure or Other
soluble fertilizer of any often
sive character, or by dlsposins
OF the carcass of any animal, o
any foul, noXlous, or putresclbl'
substance, whether solid ortlWd
aud whether the same be buries
or not, within two hundred fee
of any water course, canal
pond. or lake aforesaid. which
Is liable 10 contamination b,
the washing thereof or percOla
ton therefrom: provided. tina
nothing in this act cOntaine'
shall be construed 70 authOrlz
the pollution of amy of TIA
waters in this State IN an
nianner now contrary To law
and provided, further. that thi
act shall not apply 90 stream
the drainage area of whlcl
above the point where tn
water thereof is withdrawn 70
the supply of any city or tow
or lmpounded for the purpose
of such supply shall excee'
fifty square miles. That an
person knowingly or wilfull
violating the terms Of this &C
shall be deemed guilty of "A mis-
demeanor. and shall lac pnnishe
for each offence by a fine ue
exceeding one hundred 81
lars or 10y imprisonment notc,
ceeding thirty daSs "r bS hot
at the discrs tion "f ,lse coar
and provided. tssrs lser. ths
nothing heresu s.ss.sasne.i ~ssa
t,e 80 construed a. io pss.ssi
washing of pre- or tninstafa
any OF the streams or waters