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Section 44-55-10. Citation of article. - This article may be cited as the State Safe Drinking...
Section 44-55-20. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Board" means the South...
Section 44-55-30. Design and construction of public water system; regulations, procedures, or standards to be established by board. - In general, the design and construction of any public water...
Section 44-55-40. Application for construction permit; final inspection and approval; protection and maintenance of water system; classification of public water treatment facilities and distribution systems; certification of well drillers; well const... - (A) Before the construction, expansion, or modification of any public...
Section 44-55-45. Advisory Committee to Board; membership; appointment; qualifications; terms. - An advisory committee to the board must be appointed for...
Section 44-55-50. Recreational activities in reservoirs. - (A) In establishing regulations, procedures, and standards under Section 44-55-30...
Section 44-55-60. Commissioner to issue emergency order where imminent hazard to public health considered to exist. - (A) An imminent hazard is considered to exist when in...
Section 44-55-70. Public notice of condition of violation in public water system. - A public water system shall, as soon as practicable, give...
Section 44-55-80. Unlawful acts. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to fail to...
Section 44-55-90. Penalties; injunctive relief. - (A) Any person wilfully violating the provisions of Section 44-55-80...
Section 44-55-100. Authority granted department to carry out article. - To carry out the provisions and purposes of this article,...
Section 44-55-120. Drinking Water Trust Fund; Safe Drinking Water Advisory Committee; establishment of fees; compliance with act a requisite for permit. - (A) In order to comply with the federal Safe Drinking...
Section 44-55-210. "Privy" and "watershed" defined. - The term "privy" as used in this article shall be...
Section 44-55-220. Article applicable to all privies on watersheds of water supplies. - The provisions of this article shall apply to all residences,...
Section 44-55-230. Privies must be maintained in sanitary manner. - Every privy, located on property occupied by the owner or...
Section 44-55-240. Persons responsible for condition of privies. - The person in charge of a dwelling, office building, establishment...
Section 44-55-250. Supervision over privies by Department of Health and Environmental Control. - The Department of Health and Environmental Control, through its officers...
Section 44-55-260. Entry onto premises for inspection; interference with inspector. - Duly authorized agents of the Department of Health and Environmental...
Section 44-55-270. Closing illegal privies. - If an officer or an inspector of the Department of...
Section 44-55-275. Exceptions to provisions regarding destruction of privies. - On the effective date of this section any provision of...
Section 44-55-280. Removal or defacing of notice prohibited. - No person shall remove or deface an official notice fastened...
Section 44-55-290. Enforcement by local health inspectors or units. - The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall designate as...
Section 44-55-300. Penalties. - Any person who violates any of the provisions of this...
Section 44-55-410. Required sewage closets. - In order to protect the public health, all persons engaged...
Section 44-55-420. Supervision over construction and maintenance. - The construction of the sewage connections and the sanitary closets...
Section 44-55-430. Adoption of rules and regulations. - The Department of Health and Environmental Control may make rules...
Section 44-55-440. Effect of compliance with former law. - In case a person subject to the provisions of this...
Section 44-55-450. Exemptions. - This article shall not apply to sawmills, manufacturing enterprises operating...
Section 44-55-460. Penalties. - Any person refusing or neglecting to carry into effect the...
Section 44-55-610. Application of article and local specifications, rules and regulations. - In each county in this State containing a city having...
Section 44-55-620. Specifications, rules and regulations for septic tanks and their installation. - The county board of health of any such county may...
Section 44-55-630. Approval of and specifications for tanks with capacity of 1,000 gallons or more. - The plans for each septic tank having a capacity of...
Section 44-55-640. Installation of septic tanks. - Each septic tank shall be installed so as to receive...
Section 44-55-650. Materials used in construction. - All septic tanks shall be constructed of such materials as...
Section 44-55-660. Grease traps. - A grease trap shall be installed on the kitchen waste...
Section 44-55-670. Distribution pipe. - All septic tanks shall have a minimum of one hundred...
Section 44-55-680. Discharge of effluent into stream. - No septic tank effluent shall be discharged into any stream...
Section 44-55-690. Installation of temporary septic tanks. - The county board of health may permit and approve the...
Section 44-55-700. Penalties. - The use, construction or installation of any septic tank in...
Section 44-55-710. Validity of permits. - Septic tank permits issued prior to the effective date of...
Section 44-55-810. Declaration of legislative purpose. - The General Assembly, having considered the problems associated with proper...
Section 44-55-820. Electricity may not be furnished unless sewage disposal method has been approved. - No private or public utility, municipality, or electric cooperative supplying...
Section 44-55-822. Preliminary tract evaluation; issuance of preliminary and final subdivision approval letters; determination of suitability for use of onsite wastewater systems. - (A)(1) The Department of Health and Environmental Control may issue...
Section 44-55-825. Inspection and approval of permitted onsite wastewater treatment systems; installation pursuant to construction and operation permits; penalties. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after the department...
Section 44-55-827. Promulgation of regulations. - (A) The department shall promulgate regulations for the licensure of...
Section 44-55-830. Permits furnished to seller of mobile home. - The purchaser or owner shall obtain the permit and provide...
Section 44-55-840. Penalties. - Any supplier or recipient of electrical service or any other...
Section 44-55-850. Construction. - The provisions of this article shall not be construed to...
Section 44-55-860. Lot not accessible to sewer line and not suitable for individual sewage disposal system. - Whenever any lot or parcel of land without improvement thereon...
Section 44-55-1010. Counties may regulate collection and disposal of garbage. - Any county in this State may regulate the collection and...
Section 44-55-1020. Article inapplicable to certain cities, towns, and individuals. - The provisions of this article shall not apply to any...
Section 44-55-1030. Collection or disposal of garbage without license unlawful. - It shall be unlawful for any person to collect or...
Section 44-55-1040. Issuance of collection and disposal franchise. - The governing body of any county electing to come under...
Section 44-55-1050. County health department shall enforce article. - The county health department shall exercise such supervision over the...
Section 44-55-1060. Penalties. - Any person violating the provisions of this article shall, upon...
Section 44-55-1210. Counties may engage in collection and disposal of solid wastes; service charges. - The governing body of any county may by ordinance or...
Section 44-55-1220. Promulgation of rules and regulations. - The governing body of any county which engages in the...
Section 44-55-1230. Penalties for violation of rules and regulations. - Any person violating the provisions of such rules and regulations...
Section 44-55-1310. Definitions. - Section repealed upon contingency. See Editor's notes. As used in...
Section 44-55-1320. Wastewater collection, treatment, discharge, or reclamation. - Section repealed upon contingency. See Editor's notes. A passive soil-based...
Section 44-55-1330. System installation requirements. - Section repealed upon contingency. See Editor's notes. (A) A passive...
Section 44-55-1350. Alternative tile field product regulations. - The department shall promulgate regulations regarding alternative tile field products...
Section 44-55-1360. Violation. - A violation of a provision of this chapter is punishable...
Section 44-55-1410. Counties may operate water and sewer facilities. - (A) The governing body of each county of the State...
Section 44-55-1510. Prohibition of discharge of fumes of acids or similar substances. - In counties which have cities of sixty-five thousand inhabitants or...
Section 44-55-1520. Damages in civil actions. - In all cases of civil action in which the violation...
Section 44-55-2310. Short title. - This article may be cited as the State Recreational Waters...
Section 44-55-2320. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Board" means the Board...
Section 44-55-2330. Promulgation of regulations. - The department shall promulgate regulations, standards, and procedures necessary to...
Section 44-55-2340. Permits; water quality. - (A) No person may construct, materially alter, or enlarge a...
Section 44-55-2350. Permit fees. - The department may establish and collect fees for the construction...
Section 44-55-2360. Noncompliance unlawful. - It is unlawful for a person to fail to comply...
Section 44-55-2370. Violations; penalties; disposition of penalty monies. - (A) Whenever the department finds that a person is in...
Section 44-55-2380. Enforcement of regulations. - For purposes of enforcing this article and regulations promulgated pursuant...
Section 44-55-2390. Lifeguard coverage for public swimming pools; procedures for a variance. - (A) As a condition of obtaining and maintaining an operating...