Section 169 – Injunction Against Pollution of Water Supply
Section 169. The supreme judicial or superior court, upon application of the mayor of a city, the selectmen of a town, the managing board or officer of a public institution, or a water or ice company which is interested, may enjoin the violation of section one hundred and sixty-seven.
Section 170 – Willful Defilement or Corruption of Spring or Source of Water
Section 170. Whoever willfully and maliciously defiles or corrupts any spring or other source of water, or reservoir, or destroys or injures any pipe, conductor of water or other property pertaining to an aqueduct, or aids or abets in any such trespass, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars […]
Section 171 – Wilful Deposit of Excrement or Foul Matter Into Water Supply; Bathing in Water Supply
Section 171. Whoever wilfully deposits excrement or foul or decaying matter in water used for domestic water supply, or upon the shore thereof within five rods of the water, or whoever bathes in such water shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one […]
Section 173a – Police Employed to Protect Water Supply; Powers and Duties
Section 173A. Police employed by the water board or board of water commissioners of a city, town or water district, a public institution or water company, and duly appointed in one of the cities or towns within an area from which water is being supplied under the direction of such board, institution or company, or […]
Section 173b – Entry Upon Premises Within Water Shed of Source of Water Supply
Section 173B. Any water board or board of water commissioners of a city, town or water district and any executive officer or agent of any such board or of a public institution or water company furnishing water for domestic purposes, and any police officer employed by such a water board, board of water commissioners, public […]
Section 160c – Home Water Treatment Devices; Definitions Applicable to Secs. 160b to 160g
Section 160C. As used in this section and sections one hundred and sixty B to one hundred and sixty G, inclusive, the following terms shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:— ”Department”, the department of environmental protection. ”Home water treatment device”, any product that (a) is designed to alter the chemical, […]
Section 174 – Driving Animal on Ice of Pond or Stream Used for Domestic Water Supply
Section 174. Whoever, not being engaged in cutting or harvesting ice, or in hauling logs, wood or lumber, drives any animal on the ice of a pond or stream used for domestic water supply for a town shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more […]
Section 160d – Analysis of Drinking Water; Disclosure Form
Section 160D. Any person shall be permitted to test or analyze drinking water for the purpose of selling, leasing, renting or promoting home water treatment devices for the following substances: chlorine, chloride, color, iron, manganese, odor, hardness, hydrogen sulfide, PH, sulfate, TDS, zinc and such other substances as the department may by regulation allow; provided, […]
Section 174a – Prevention of Defilement of Domestic Water Supply by Gulls or Terns
Section 174A. In order to preserve the purity and prevent the pollution of the waters of any reservoir, pond, and stream used for domestic water supply, by the watershed system of the division of watershed management of the metropolitan district commission, or by a town, water supply or fire and water district, public institution or […]
Section 160e – Analysis of Drinking Water by Uncertified Person; Penalty
Section 160E. A civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars shall be assessed on any person who is not certified by the department to perform drinking water quality testing who tests or analyzes drinking water, except for those tests allowed under the provisions of section one hundred and sixty D for the purpose […]