(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to obstruct or impede without legal authority any river or collection of water, or to corrupt and render unwholesome or impure any watercourse, stream or other water.
(B) The standards for water quality established or adopted by the state shall be presumptive evidence as to when the water is deemed to be polluted under this section. Such a corruption of the water in or about the municipality shall constitute a nuisance and shall be summarily abated upon written notice to the violator by the municipality. The abatement may be in addition to the penalty for water pollution.
(Prior Code, § 4-413) (Ord. 863, passed 9-11-2007; Ord. 868, passed 11-11-2008) Penalty, see § 91.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 18-1720 and 28-1321