ECL 17-1705 · Title 17. Discharge of Sewage Into Waters
Discharge of sewage into Wallkill Creek prohibited
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* § 17-1705. Discharge of sewage into Wallkill Creek prohibited.
No person or corporation shall permit the discharge or escape of any sewage, or other matter deleterious to public health, or destructive to fish, or throw or cast any dead animal, carrion or offal, or other putrid or offensive matter into the waters of the Wallkill creek, in the counties of Ulster and Orange.
* NB Expired September 1, 1973
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