Section 45-24.5-1. – Short title.
§ 45-24.5-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Rhode Island Septic System Maintenance Act of 1987”. History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 335, § 1.
Section 45-24.5-2. – Legislative findings.
§ 45-24.5-2. Legislative findings. The general assembly recognizes and declares that: Septic systems or individual subsurface disposal systems (ISDS) are prone to failure without proper maintenance. ISDS failure poses a risk to public health through the contamination of the state’s surface and underground waters. Improperly treated waste water from malfunctioning ISDS can impair or prevent […]
Section 45-24.5-3. – Declaration of purpose.
§ 45-24.5-3. Declaration of purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the cities and towns of the state to adopt ordinances creating waste water management districts (WWMD), the boundaries of which may include all or a part of a city or town, as specified by the ordinance. These ordinances must be designated to […]
Section 45-24.5-4. – Powers of councils.
§ 45-24.5-4. Powers of councils. Any city or town council in the state, by itself or pursuant to chapter 43 of this title, and in accordance with the purposes of this chapter, is authorized to adopt ordinances creating waste water management districts (WWMD), which may be empowered, pursuant to the ordinance, to: (1) Provide for […]
Section 45-24.5-5. – Powers of state agencies retained.
§ 45-24.5-5. Powers of state agencies retained. The department of environmental management and the department of health retain all of their existing authority regarding individual sewage disposal systems. History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 335, § 1.
Section 45-24.5-6. – Connections to existing sanitary sewer lines from facilities across city and town lines.
§ 45-24.5-6. Connections to existing sanitary sewer lines from facilities across city and town lines. Notwithstanding any other state or local law or regulation to the contrary, those facilities in the state of Rhode Island, except for communities on Aquidneck Island, that currently discharge wastewater from an on-site wastewater treatment and disposal system that do […]