, 1922-04-25
RULES AND REGULATIONS Of THE
STATE BOARD Of PUBLIC HEALTH

or institution, shall discharge. drain
or deposit, or cause or suffer to be
discharged, drained or deposited,
any sewage, garbage. offal. filth,
or any animal, mineral. or vegetable
matter or substance, offensive. in
furious or dangerous to health, into
any springs, streams, rivers, lakes,
tributaries thereof. acequias, bitches,
wells or other waters used or in
tended to be used for human con
sumption or for domestic purposes;
or maintain a sewer farm or erect.
construct, ~exeavate, or maintain, or
cause TO be erected, constructed. ex-
cavated or maintained. any privy.
vault, cesspool. sewage treatment
works, sewer pipes or conduits, or
other pipes or conduits for the
treatment and discharge Of sewaee
effluents or impure water. gas, oils,
acids. tar, or any matter or sub
stance offensive. injurious or dan
gerous to health. whereby the same
shall overflow lands or shall dis
| charge. flow, seep, drain, condense
into or otherwise pollute or affect
any waters intended for human con
sumption or for domestic purposes;
or add tn, modify or alter any Of
the plant, works or system thereof
or the manner or place of discharge
or disposal; or erect or maintain any
permanent or temporary house,
camp. or tent, SO near 10 such
SPRINGS, streams, rivers, lakes, or
tributaries thereof. accquias, bitches
or other sources Of water supply, as
to cause or suffer the drainage, seep-
age, or flow of impure waters or of
any sewage or the di. charge or de-
posit therefrom of any injurious or
dangerous animal. mineral or vcgc-
table mater, to poIlute such waters,
without a permit from the state
health officer as herein provided.
Section Q. Whenever any coun-
ty, city. town, village, district, com
munity, institution, person, firm or
corporation, shall desire to deposit
or discharge or continue to deposit
or discharge into any stream, river,
acequia, ditch, lake or tributary
thereof, or into any other waters
used or intended to be used for hu-
man consumption or for domestic
purposes, or into OF upon any place
the surface or subterranean drain
age from which may run or perco-
late into any such stream, river,
lake. tributary. or other waters, any
sewage, sewage effluent, or other
substance by the terms OF section
one of the regulations forbidden so
to be deposited or discharged; or
shall desire to maintain n sewer
farm. or to permit the overflow of
sewage onto any land whatever; or
shall desire to erect. construct, ex-
cayatc or maintain any privy, vault,
cesspool. sewage treatment works,
sewer. pipe or conduits or other
mines or conduits for the treat
ment or discharge of sewage, sew
age effluents, or any matter often
sive. injurious or dangerous to
health: or shall desire to add to,
modify or alter any of the plant,
works. or system or manner of place
! If discharge or disposal, he or it
shall file with the State Board OF
Health a petition for permission SO
TO do, together with a complete anu
| detailed plan, description and ms,
tory of tie existing or proposed
works. system or treatment plant, or
of such proposed addition, to modi-
fication or alteration of any OF n
plant, works, system or manner OF
Mace of discharge or disposal, sueh
plans and general statement TO De
in such form and to cover such mat,
ters as the state health officer n
prescribe. Thereupon, n thorough
| investigation of the proposed or ex.
isting works, system and plant, and
ali circumstances and conditions by
him deemed to be material, shall be
made by the state health officer:
As a part of such investigation, and
/ after ten days notice by mail to
| the uetitioner, a hearing or hearings
NAV be had before the state health
officer or an examiner appointed by
| him for the At such hear
inc or hearings witnesses who tee
| tifv NAV be sworn by the person
conducting the hearing, and evil
dence. oral and documentary, NAV
he required, a record of which shall
| be made and filed with said officer
| or examiner. Upon the completion
of such investigation said officer,
(a) If he shall determine as a
fact that the substance being or to
be discharged or deposited IS such
that under all the circumstances
and conditions it may so contami-
nate or pollute such stream, river.
lake, or tributary thereof. acequias,
bitches or other waters, or lands on
which it may be discharged, de-
posted or caused to overflow. as
to endanger the lives or health Of
human beings, or to constitute a
nuisance, or does or may constitute a
menace to public health or a nuis-
ance. or that under all the circum-
stances and conditions it is not nee
essary so to dispose of such sub
stance, the state health officer shall
| deny the prayer of such petition;
and he NAV order petitioner to
make such changes as he shall deem
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