§ 46-25-19 - Sewer connections. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 46-25-19

   § 46-25-19  Sewer connections. – (a) The commission shall have full and complete power and authority to limit,deny, or cause appropriate direct or indirect connections to be made betweenany building or property located in the district generating sanitary orindustrial wastewater, and any public sewer or appurtenance thereof dischargingto the project. The commission shall prescribe such rules and regulations forsewer connections as in the opinion of the commission are necessary andappropriate for the maintenance and operation of the project. No person shallmake any connection from any structure to any sewer or appurtenance theretodischarging to the project without first being granted a written permit fromthe commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations. The commissionshall also have full and complete power and authority to compel any person inthe district, for the purpose of sewage disposal, to establish a directconnection on his or her property, or at the boundary thereof, to any publiclyowned sewer discharging to the district sewer project, and to cause theconnection to be made at the expense of the person, firm, or corporation.

   (b) The term "appurtenance", as used herein, shall beconstrued to include adequate pumping facilities, whenever the pumpingfacilities shall be necessary to deliver sewage into the project.