The Commissioner of Public Health or his designee may submit written testimony to any municipal board or commission and may appear by right as a party to any hearing before such municipal board or commission concerning any proposed municipal plan of conservation and development or zoning regulations or changes thereto affecting a public water supply or a municipal approval, permit or license for a building, use or structure affecting a public water supply and said commissioner may appeal, or appear as a party to any appeal of, a municipal decision concerning such matters whether or not he has appeared as a party before the municipal board or commission. If the decision of such board or commission is upheld by a court of competent jurisdiction, the state shall reimburse the municipality within three months for all costs incurred in defending the appeal.
(P.A. 85-279, S. 1; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-335, S. 23, 26.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-335 amended section to change “plan of development” to “plan of conservation and development”, effective July 1, 1995.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control
Section 25-19 to 25-24. - Pollution of waters.
Section 25-32a. - “Consumer” and “water company” defined.
Section 25-32b. - Public drinking water supply emergency.
Section 25-32c. - Civil penalty.
Section 25-32d. - Water supply plans.
Section 25-32f. - Testimony by commissioner on municipal actions. Appeals.
Section 25-32g. - Orders to correct immediate threats to public water supplies.
Section 25-32h. - Residential retrofit program, civil penalty.
Section 25-32i. - Residential Water-Saving Advisory Board.
Section 25-32j. - Installation of reduced-pressure-principle backflow preventers, when required.
Section 25-32m. - Sale of bottled water by water company or municipality.
Section 25-32n. - Water service to a school administration building from a well.
Section 25-33a. - State grants for water facilities. State bond authorization.
Section 25-33b. - Regulations re loans and grants to water companies.
Section 25-33c. - Legislative finding.
Section 25-33d. - Definitions.
Section 25-33e. - Delineation of public water supply management areas.
Section 25-33f. - Water utility coordinating committees. Membership.
Section 25-33h. - Coordinated water system plan. Regulations.
Section 25-33i. - Consistency with plan. Restriction on approval of public water supply system.
Section 25-33j. - Contract for services to water utility coordinating committee.
Section 25-33l. - Sale of source, potential source or abandoned source of water supply.
Section 25-33n. - Annual report on water planning process.
Section 25-33o. - Water Planning Council: Composition, duties, advisory group, report.
Section 25-33p. - Annual report on Water Planning Council.
Section 25-33q. - List designating sources or potential sources of water that require protection.
Section 25-34. - Investigation of water or ice supply.
Section 25-35. - Enforcement agents.
Section 25-36. - Orders of department; appeals; civil penalty.
Section 25-37a. - Legislative finding and purpose.
Section 25-37b. - Definitions.
Section 25-37c. - Regulations. Classification of land owned by or acquired from a water company.
Section 25-37e. - Duties of commissioner re permit applications.
Section 25-37f. - Report to General Assembly.
Section 25-37g. - Prohibition of sale of certain water company owned land.
Section 25-37h. - Notification of security interest required.
Section 25-38. - Carcass of animal in water supply.
Section 25-39. - Pollution of drinking water.
Section 25-39b. - Installation of vinyl-lined pipe restricted. Report by commissioner.
Section 25-39d. - List of hazardous substances to be submitted to health director.
Section 25-39e. - Restriction on use of lead solder in potable water systems. Sale of lead solder.
Section 25-40. - Analysis of water. Schedule of fees, when applicable.
Section 25-40a. - Notification of violation of national primary drinking water standards.
Section 25-41. - Cemetery not to be within one-half mile of reservoir.
Section 25-42. - Power to take lands and streams.
Section 25-43. - Bathing in and pollution of reservoirs. Aircraft on reservoirs. Penalties.
Section 25-43a. - Penalties applicable to one not owner, lessee or guest.
Section 25-43b. - Power of Department of Public Health not affected.
Section 25-43c. - Permitted recreation in watersheds and reservoirs.
Section 25-43d. - Taking water from or tampering with hydrant or reservoir. Penalty.
Section 25-44. - Appointment of special police.
Section 25-45. - Local ordinances concerning reservoirs.
Section 25-46. - Interstate waters used for drinking water supply.
Section 25-51. - Injunction against injury to water supply or source.
Section 25-52. - Cemeteries not to be near ice ponds.