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From and after the expiration of such period, no such county or city nor any public body or person therein shall discharge or suffer to be discharged directly or indirectly into any tidal waters of the district, or tidal waters in such county or city, any sewage, industrial wastes or other refuse which may or will cause or contribute to pollution of any such tidal waters; this provision shall be enforceable in the manner provided for by \u00a7 21-220. 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Any county<\/span> or city which elects to construct<\/span> and operate therein a separate sewage disposal system<\/span> in accordance with the foregoing provisions of \u00a7 21-203<\/a> shall, within the period hereinafter limited for the construction of such sewage disposal system<\/span>, construct<\/span> and provide and have in operation in such county<\/span> or city a sewage disposal system<\/span> sufficient in the opinion<\/span> of the State Health Commissioner to prevent the pollution<\/span> of any and all tidal waters of the district<\/span>, and any and all tidal waters within the county<\/span> or city, from industrial wastes<\/span> and sewage arising in or discharged from the county<\/span> or city; and the commission is authorized and empowered to proceed by appropriate court<\/span> action to require the county<\/span> or city and the governing body<\/span> thereof to provide therein such required sewage disposal system<\/span>. From and after the expiration of such period, no such county<\/span> or city nor any public body or person<\/span> therein shall discharge or suffer to be discharged directly or indirectly into any tidal waters of the district<\/span>, or tidal waters in such county<\/span> or city, any sewage, industrial wastes<\/span> or other refuse which may or will cause or contribute to pollution<\/span> of any such tidal waters; this provision shall be enforceable in the manner provided for by \u00a7 21-220<\/a>. The period for the construction of such sewage disposal system<\/span>, as hereinabove referred to, shall be three years from the creation of the district and such further period of time, not exceeding an additional two years, as the commission, upon application of the governing body<\/span> of the county<\/span> or city and after public hearing<\/span> which shall be held by the commission upon such public notice as the commission may determine to be reasonable, may find to be necessary for completion of such construction by reason of causes which shall not be or have been within the control of such county<\/span> or city or the governing body<\/span> thereof.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISPOSAL SYSTEM TO BE ERECTED BY SEPARATE DISTRICT (\u00a7 21-210)\n\nAny county or city which elects to construct and operate therein a separate\nsewage disposal system in accordance with the foregoing provisions of \u00a7 21-203\nshall, within the period hereinafter limited for the construction of such sewage\ndisposal system, construct and provide and have in operation in such county or\ncity a sewage disposal system sufficient in the opinion of the State Health\nCommissioner to prevent the pollution of any and all tidal waters of the\ndistrict, and any and all tidal waters within the county or city, from\nindustrial wastes and sewage arising in or discharged from the county or city;\nand the commission is authorized and empowered to proceed by appropriate court\naction to require the county or city and the governing body thereof to provide\ntherein such required sewage disposal system. From and after the expiration of\nsuch period, no such county or city nor any public body or person therein shall\ndischarge or suffer to be discharged directly or indirectly into any tidal\nwaters of the district, or tidal waters in such county or city, any sewage,\nindustrial wastes or other refuse which may or will cause or contribute to\npollution of any such tidal waters; this provision shall be enforceable in the\nmanner provided for by \u00a7 21-220. The period for the construction of such sewage\ndisposal system, as hereinabove referred to, shall be three years from the\ncreation of the district and such further period of time, not exceeding an\nadditional two years, as the commission, upon application of the governing body\nof the county or city and after public hearing which shall be held by the\ncommission upon such public notice as the commission may determine to be\nreasonable, may find to be necessary for completion of such construction by\nreason of causes which shall not be or have been within the control of such\ncounty or city or the governing body thereof.\n\nHISTORY: 1940, p. 621; 1942, p. 603; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 1560kk1.","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"}}