Whenever any land or building is used, occupied or allowed to remain in a condition such that it is or could be a source of pollution to any public water supply reservoir or associated watershed, including, but not limited to, any watercourse, wetland or drainage system from which water flows to a public water supply reservoir or any public water supply well or associated aquifer protection area, as defined in section 22a-354h, the municipality or water company, as defined in section 25-32a, having charge of such reservoir or well, or the local director of health or the local director's agents, may apply for relief to the superior court for the judicial district wherein such reservoir, watershed, well or aquifer protection area is located, and said court may make any order in the premises, temporary or permanent, which, in its judgment, may be necessary to preserve the purity of such water. The municipality or water company, by its officers or agents duly appointed, or the local director of health, or the local director's agents may, at all reasonable times, enter upon and inspect any premises within the watershed tributary to, or aquifer protection area of, such water supply and, if any nuisance likely to pollute such water is found therein, the local director of health or the local director's agent may abate such nuisance after reasonable notice to the owners or occupants of such premises and their refusal or neglect to abate the same, and the municipality or water company shall be liable for all unnecessary or unreasonable damage done to such premises.
(1949 Rev., S. 4026; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 65.)
History: P.A. 78-280 replaced “county” with “judicial district”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2 substantially rewrote the section, deleting references to ice, adding references to aquifer protection areas, local directors or their agents and made technical changes.
Cited. 111 C. 362. Damages for pollution of ice supply. 114 C. 496. Under statutes, owner's use and title may be divested. 123 C. 503.
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