A. Sewage Entering Into Water For Public Water System: It is unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, individual or trust or municipality to erect, construct, build, maintain or operate a sewage treatment plant or sewage disposal system, or a sewage treatment lagoon within the corporate limits of the city where the discharge of any sewage or sewage effluent from any such sewage disposal system, sewage treatment plant or sewage treatment lagoon may or could enter into any stream of water from which the city obtains water for the public water system of the city.
B. Operating Sewage System Within City Limits: Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, individual, or trust or municipality erecting, constructing, building, maintaining or operating such a sewage treatment plant or sewage disposal system or a sewage treatment lagoon within the corporate limits of the city, shall be deemed guilty of an offense. Each day of such erecting, constructing, building, maintaining or operating, shall be deemed a distinct and separate offense. Also, more than one separate offense may be committed in a day by any person, firm, partnership, corporation, individual, or trust or municipality.
C. Declaration Of Nuisance: By reason of the fact that discharging of sewage or sewage residue or sewage effluent into the water supply of the city is or could be injurious to the health of the inhabitants, or the existence or the maintenance or operation of a sewage treatment plant or sewage disposal system, or a sewage lagoon draining sewage residue or sewage effluent into the source of water supply of the city is hereby declared a public nuisance.
D. Abatement Of Nuisance: The mayor and council or chief of police or any police officer may abate any such nuisance and prevent the discharge of any sewage or sewage residue or sewage effluent from flowing into any water from which the city obtains water for its municipal water supply.
E. Septic Tanks Excepted: The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any approved septic tank serving not to exceed eight (8) families. (1985 Code § 17-307)