21-218 - Discharge into tidal waters of matter causing pollution. - Virginia Statutes

§ 21-218. Discharge into tidal waters of matter causing pollution.

No county, city, town or other public body, or person shall discharge, orsuffer to be discharged, directly or indirectly into any tidal waters of thedistrict any sewage, industrial wastes or other refuse which may or willcause or contribute to pollution of any tidal waters of the district,provided, that this provision shall be applicable only to such part or partsof the tidal waters of a district as shall be bounded and described in anotice, published in a newspaper or newspapers having, in the aggregate,general circulation in all of the counties and cities within which orbordering upon which such part or parts of the tidal waters of the districtare located, to the effect that the commission has provided facilitiesreasonably sufficient in its opinion for the disposal of sewage, which bydischarge from public sewer systems might cause or contribute to pollution ofthe bounded and described part or parts of such tidal waters, and thatpollution of the same is forbidden by law. Such a notice shall constituteprima facie evidence of the existence of facilities sufficient for thedisposal of such sewage. The provisions of this section shall not prohibitthe disposal of sewage and industrial wastes in the manner in which the sameis now being disposed of, or in any other reasonable manner, by any county,city or town, no part of which constitutes a part of any district, or by anyperson in any such county, city or town, no part of which constitutes a partof any district.

(1938, p. 527; Michie Code 1942, § 1560ccc.)