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Community Sanitary Districts (Maine Revised Statutes: Title 38 - Waters and Navigation; Chapter 11-A)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Maine
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Sewerage Local government Governance Procedural matters Public health Waste disposal Waste non-domestic sources
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This chapter of the Maine Revised Statutes concerns community sanitary districts. A community sanitary district is formed in the same manner as a sanitary district. Except as provided in this chapter, a community sanitary district has the powers, privileges and duties and is subject to the requirements and restrictions of a sanitary district. Its purposes therefore include to construct, maintain, operate and provide a system of sewerage, sewage and commercial and industrial waste disposal and sewage treatment and of storm and surface water drainage, for public purposes and for the health, welfare, comfort and convenience of the inhabitants of the district. A community sanitary district may, within the district, construct, operate and maintain one or more subsurface wastewater disposal systems. A community sanitary district may exercise powers granted under this chapter only for the limited purpose of providing subsurface wastewater collection, treatment and disposal services to accommodate residential development. A community sanitary district may not provide services to nonresidential users.

Full text
English
Website
legislature.maine.gov