§ 46-14-1. Contamination of drinking water sources prohibited. Bathing, swimming, discharge of any sewage or drainage or refuse or polluting matter which may pollute or corrupt or impair the purity or quality of a public drinking water supply or which renders the water supply injurious to health or poses a potential significant risk to public […]
§ 46-14-2. Order to remove polluting matter from premises. (a) The director of health, when satisfied that any sewage, drainage, refuse, or polluting matter exists in a locality such that there is danger that the sewage, drainage, refuse, or polluting matter may pollute, or corrupt, or impair the purity or quality of any of the […]
§ 46-14-2.1. Contamination of private well — Notice to municipal water supply agency. Any state department or agency which discovers or receives information that a private well or water supply has become contaminated, which contamination may pose a potential danger to the local public water supply, shall, upon receipt of the information, provide written notification […]
§ 46-14-2.2. Contamination of local water supply — Notice to city or town. If the state department of health discovers that a water supply to a municipality has become contaminated, which contamination may pose a potential danger to the public, the director of health shall, within forty-eight (48) hours of the discovery of the contamination, […]
§ 46-14-3. Service of notice. The notice shall be in writing, signed by the director of health or the person performing the duties of that official, and shall be served by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or constable by reading the notice in the presence or hearing of the owner, occupant, or his or her authorized […]
§ 46-14-4. Prosecutions of violations — Liability for costs. The director of health, the commissioner of environmental management or the director of the department of environmental management until such time as the governor provides by executive order for the actual transfer of functions from the department of environmental management to the department of the environment […]
§ 46-14-5. Judicial aid in enforcement. The superior court, upon the application of the director of health, or the commissioner of environmental management or the director of the department of environmental management until such time as the governor provides by executive order for the actual transfer of functions from the department of environmental management to […]
§ 46-14-6. Inspection of premises. In order to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the director of health shall have the power to go upon the premises of any person for the purpose of inspection. History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 46-14-6; P.L. 1964, ch. 108, § 2.
§ 46-14-7. Repealed.
§ 46-14-8. Penalties. (a) Civil penalty. Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter, or any rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant thereto, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day during which the violation occurs. (b) Criminal penalty. (1) Any person who shall […]
§ 46-14-9. Rules and regulations. The director of the department of health may promulgate such rules and regulations as shall be deemed necessary to effect the provisions of this section. History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 73, § 2.
