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Water Pollution Control (Code of Alabama: Title 22 Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control; Chapter 22)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Alabama
Document type
Legislation
Date
1975 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Freshwater pollution Pollution control Water quality standards Public health Protection of environment Water conservation zone Governance
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This chapter of the Code of Alabama concerns water pollution control. It provides that whereas the pollution of the waters of this state constitutes a menace to public health and welfare, creates public nuisances, is harmful to wildlife, fish and aquatic life and impairs domestic, agricultural, industrial, recreational and other legitimate beneficial uses of water, it is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state and the purpose of this chapter to conserve the waters of the state and to protect, maintain and improve the quality thereof for public water supplies, for the propagation of wildlife, fish and aquatic life and for domestic, agricultural, industrial, recreational and other legitimate beneficial uses; to provide for the prevention, abatement and control of new or existing water pollution; and to cooperate with other agencies of the state, agencies of other states and the federal government in carrying out these objectives.

Full text
English
Website
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us