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No county<\/span>, city, town<\/span> or other public body, or person<\/span> shall discharge, or suffer to be discharged, directly or indirectly into any tidal waters of the district<\/span> any sewage<\/span>, industrial wastes<\/span> or other refuse which may or will cause or contribute to pollution<\/span> of any tidal waters of the district<\/span>, provided, that this provision shall be applicable only to such part or parts of the tidal waters of a district as shall be bounded and described in a notice, published in a newspaper or newspapers having, in the aggregate, general circulation in all of the counties and cities within which or bordering upon which such part or parts of the tidal waters of the district<\/span> are located, to the effect that the commission has provided facilities reasonably sufficient in its opinion<\/span> for the disposal of sewage<\/span>, which by discharge from public sewer systems might cause or contribute to pollution<\/span> of the bounded and described part or parts of such tidal waters, and that pollution<\/span> of the same is forbidden by law<\/span>. Such a notice shall constitute prima facie evidence<\/span> of the existence of facilities sufficient for the disposal of such sewage<\/span>. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the disposal of sewage<\/span> and industrial wastes<\/span> in the manner in which the same is now being disposed of, or in any other reasonable manner, by any county<\/span>, city or town<\/span>, no part of which constitutes a part of any district, or by any person<\/span> in any such county<\/span>, city or town<\/span>, no part of which constitutes a part of any district.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCHARGE INTO TIDAL WATERS OF MATTER CAUSING POLLUTION (\u00a7 21-218)\n\nNo county, city, town or other public body, or person shall discharge, or suffer\nto be discharged, directly or indirectly into any tidal waters of the district\nany sewage, industrial wastes or other refuse which may or will cause or\ncontribute to pollution of any tidal waters of the district, provided, that this\nprovision shall be applicable only to such part or parts of the tidal waters of\na district as shall be bounded and described in a notice, published in a\nnewspaper or newspapers having, in the aggregate, general circulation in all of\nthe counties and cities within which or bordering upon which such part or parts\nof the tidal waters of the district are located, to the effect that the\ncommission has provided facilities reasonably sufficient in its opinion for the\ndisposal of sewage, which by discharge from public sewer systems might cause or\ncontribute to pollution of the bounded and described part or parts of such tidal\nwaters, and that pollution of the same is forbidden by law. Such a notice shall\nconstitute prima facie evidence of the existence of facilities sufficient for\nthe disposal of such sewage. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit\nthe disposal of sewage and industrial wastes in the manner in which the same is\nnow being disposed of, or in any other reasonable manner, by any county, city or\ntown, no part of which constitutes a part of any district, or by any person in\nany such county, city or town, no part of which constitutes a part of any\ndistrict.\n\nHISTORY: 1938, p. 527; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 1560ccc.","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"}}