58:14-7 - Discharge of sewage or other polluting matter into certain waters prohibited; enforcement - New Jersey Statutes

58:14-7.  Discharge of sewage or other polluting matter into certain waters  prohibited;  enforcement
    No sewage or other polluting matter shall be discharged, directly or indirectly, into the waters of the Passaic river at any point between the Great  falls in the city of Paterson and the mouth of said river at Newark bay, or  into the waters of any of the tributaries of said river which empty into it  between said points, and the commissioners may enforce the provisions of this  chapter over and throughout all municipalities which may, or the inhabitants of  which may, directly or indirectly, discharge sewage or other polluting matter  into said waters.  The commissioners may institute in their corporate name such  civil actions as may be deemed necessary or appropriate to enforce the  provisions of this section, and the Superior Court is hereby vested with  jurisdiction to enforce said provisions by such actions brought by the  commissioners.  The court may proceed in such actions in a summary manner or  otherwise.     Amended by L.1953, c. 54, p. 963, s. 32.