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Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (West Virginia Code: Chapter 22C - Environmental Resources; Boards, Authorities, Commissions and Compacts; Article 12)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
West Virginia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
River basin institution Water conservation zone Protected area Governance Institution Procedural matters Sub-national agreement Surface water Inland waters Wetlands Freshwater pollution Freshwater resources management Pollution control Water quality standards Water supply Industrial water use Recreational water use Sewerage Waste disposal
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This chapter of the West Virginia Code concerns the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission. It provides that Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact, which has been negotiated by representatives of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia, is hereby approved, ratified, adopted, enacted into law, and entered into by the State of West Virginia as a party thereto and signatory state. Each of the signatory states pledges to each of the other signatory states faithful cooperation in the control of future pollution in and abatement of existing pollution from the rivers, streams and waters in the Ohio River basin which flow through, into or border upon any of such signatory states, and in order to effect such object, agrees to enact any necessary legislation to enable each such state to place and maintain the waters of said basin in a satisfactory sanitary condition, available for safe and satisfactory use as public and industrial water supplies after reasonable treatment, suitable for recreational usage, capable of maintaining fish and other aquatic life, free from unsightly or malodorous nuisances due to floating solids or sludge deposits, and adaptable to such other uses as may be legitimate. The signatory states hereby create the "Ohio River valley water sanitation commission," hereinafter called the commission, which shall be a body corporate, with the powers and duties set forth herein, and such additional powers as may be conferred upon it by subsequent action of the respective Legislatures of the signatory states or by act or acts of the Congress of the United States.

Full text
English
Website
code.wvlegislature.gov