<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>354023</law_id><section_number>21-287</section_number><catch_line>Discharge into waters of matter causing pollution</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="58" identifier="21">Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="4">Sanitation Districts Law of 1946 -- Nontidal Waters</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="7" identifier="7">Prohibitions and Penalties</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city, <span class="dictionary">town</span> or other public body, or <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall discharge, or suffer to be discharged, directly or indirectly into any <span class="dictionary">waters of the district</span> any <span class="dictionary">sewage</span>, <span class="dictionary">industrial wastes</span> or other refuse which may or will cause or contribute to <span class="dictionary">pollution</span> of any <span class="dictionary">waters of the district</span>, provided, that this provision shall be applicable only to such part or parts of the 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 <span class="dictionary">waters of the district</span> are located, to the effect that the commission has provided facilities reasonably sufficient in its <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> for the disposal of <span class="dictionary">sewage</span>, which by discharge from public sewer systems might cause or contribute to <span class="dictionary">pollution</span> of the bounded and described part or parts of such waters, and that <span class="dictionary">pollution</span> of the same is forbidden by <span class="dictionary">law</span>. Such a notice shall constitute prima facie <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of the existence of facilities sufficient for the disposal of such <span class="dictionary">sewage</span>. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the disposal of <span class="dictionary">sewage</span> and <span class="dictionary">industrial wastes</span> in the manner in which the same is now being disposed of, or in any other reasonable manner, by any <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city or <span class="dictionary">town</span>, no part of which constitutes a part of any district, or by any <span class="dictionary">person</span> in any such <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city or <span class="dictionary">town</span>, no part of which constitutes a part of any district.</p></section></text><history>1946, p. 363; Michie Suppl. 1946, &#xA7; 1560iii22.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
