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originating in the <span class=\"dictionary\">district<\/span>, and to enter into <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> with any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span>, on such terms and conditions as the commission may approve, providing for or relating to the treatment and disposal of any such <span class=\"dictionary\">industrial wastes<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1318310\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/21-174\/#b\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"c\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">c.<\/span> Every commission is authorized to enter into <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> with any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> owning or operating any sewer system within the <span class=\"dictionary\">district<\/span> or engaged in treatment or disposal of sewage or <span class=\"dictionary\">industrial wastes<\/span> originating in the <span class=\"dictionary\">district<\/span>, on such terms and conditions as the commission may approve, providing for or relating to the treatment and disposal of any sewage or <span class=\"dictionary\">industrial wastes<\/span> collected in such sewer system or by such <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1318311\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/21-174\/#c\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSPECIAL CONTRACTS FOR DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE AND OTHER WASTES (\u00a7 21-174)\n\na. Every commission is authorized to enter into contracts with the United States\nof America, or with any department, institution or agency thereof, on such terms\nand conditions as the commission may approve, providing for or relating to the\ntreatment and disposal of sewage or industrial wastes of or originating in or on\nany reservation, property, institution, building, or structure within the\ndistrict owned or under the control of the United States of America, or any\ndepartment, institution or agency thereof, by means of the sewage disposal\nsystem or such other facilities as the commission may determine to provide for\nsuch purpose, or in such other manner as the contract may provide.\n\nb. Every commission is authorized to provide, construct, operate and maintain\nfacilities for the treatment and disposal of industrial wastes originating in\nthe district, and to enter into contracts with any person, on such terms and\nconditions as the commission may approve, providing for or relating to the\ntreatment and disposal of any such industrial wastes.\n\nc. Every commission is authorized to enter into contracts with any person owning\nor operating any sewer system within the district or engaged in treatment or\ndisposal of sewage or industrial wastes originating in the district, on such\nterms and conditions as the commission may approve, providing for or relating to\nthe treatment and disposal of any sewage or industrial wastes collected in such\nsewer system or by such person.\n\nHISTORY: 1938, p. 524; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 1560yy.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}