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Sewage Works and Stormwater Works (West Virginia Code: Chapter 16 - Public Health; Article 13)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
West Virginia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Sewerage Flood Hazards Waterworks Local government Governance Institution Procedural matters
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This chapter of the West Virginia Code concerns sewage works and stormwater works. Any municipal corporation and/or sanitary district in the State of West Virginia is hereby authorized and empowered to own, acquire, construct, equip, operate and maintain within and/or without the corporate limits of such municipal corporation: (1) A sewage collection system and/or a sewage treatment plant or plants, intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, force mains, pumping stations, ejector stations, and all other appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient for the collection and/or treatment, purification and disposal, in a sanitary manner, of the liquid and solid waste, sewage, night soil and industrial waste of such municipal corporation and/or sanitary district, including acquisition of the municipal sewerage system resulting from the severance of a combined system pursuant to section one-b, article twenty, chapter eight of this code; and (2) A stormwater collection system and control system, including all lines, pumping stations and all other facilities and appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient for the collection and control of stormwater, and an associated stormwater management program.

Full text
English
Website
code.wvlegislature.gov