The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
AN ACT

AN ACT,
 No .675.) GIT. 1O57. Jones of Lauderdale TO give to the state board of health sl1-
 pervislon and control over the source
 or sources of supply of all water
 works plants or systems operated by
 any person, firm, corporation or mu-
 nicipality operating waterworks. or
 supplying water for domestic pur- ] poses; to provide for the examina-
 ton and analysis of the water so
 supplied to the publicS to regulate
 the conditions upon (which water
 works plants may be built or the
 source of supply changed or en-
 iarged; to prevent the furnishing of
 Impure or polluted water to the pub-
 lie, and to provide for maintaining
 the purity of all public water sup
 plies.
 Be it enacted by the legislature of Ala
 bama:
 Section l., That the state board of health shall exercise supervision over and shall from time to time by it's em- ployes or agents examine the source of supply of the various waterworks systems in this state, and also the method of Altering and treating such water and delivering the same to con- sumers. The state board of health shall from time to time make such recommendations to any person, com pany, corporation or municipality sup plying water for domestic purposes to consumers, as will tend to improve the water supply or to preserve its purity.
 Sec. 2. It shall be. the duty of the state board of health to procure as of ten as once every three months and oftener if in the opinion of the pres ident of the state board of health 1t shouid be necessary, sample of water furnished to consumers by each person. cOmDanX. cOrn0rafinn Sf municipality in this state which sup plies water for domestic purposes to the public from or by means of any waterworks or waterworks system. It shall be the duty of the state board of health to cause bacteriological ex- animation to be made of the samples of water so procured and to record such analysis in the book kept for that pur- pose in the office of the state board Of health and to furnish to the mu- nicipal authorities In which the water works system Is located a copy of such. analysis and if such waterworks system Is owned by an individual or private cor poration to furnish copy of such analv- sis to such individual or private corpora tion also
 Sec. 3. The state board of health is charged with the duty of inspecting from time to time the quality of water furnished to consumers by any person. firm, corporation, association or mu- nicipality, and when it has been ascer- tained by the state board of health that any water furnished to consumers is impure. or is unfit for human consump- ton, or Is likely to cause disease in man, the state board of health shall not11y the person, company, corpora ton. institution or municipality fur nishing to consumers the water which Is found to be impure, and shall direct auch SfanS ho1 taI- to water supply and to prescribe the time within which such steps shall be taken to make such water supply conform to the requirements of the state board of health, and if any such person, firm, corporation, institution or municipality shall fail within the time required by such order to take the steps required by the state board of health, and re- move the cause of complaint, the state board of health shall publish in a newspaper published in the county a statement to consumers of water so found to be impure, calling their at- tention to the impurity of the water supply and directing them as to the course to be taken for the preservation of the health of such consumers
 Sec. 4. After the passage of this act, no waterworks plant or system shall be constructed until application has been made to the state board of health for permit stating the place where such waterworks system is to be construct ed, and describing the source of the water supply; and no new source of water supply shall be established or developed until a like application for permit is filed with the state board of health describing such new or addi- tional water supply which it Is pro- posed to develop. When such applica- tion Is made, 1t shall be the duty of