Any action taken pursuant to this article with respect to the abatement of contamination created by the disposal of sewage or other waste from a community or cooperative sewerage system, shall be taken only against the agent or the agency operating such system and the contributor or contributors to the system whose waste in and of itself creates a contamination.

(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1447.)

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Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 5462

  • Contamination: means an impairment of the quality of the waters of the state by waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health through poisoning or through the spread of disease. See California Health and Safety Code 5410
  • Waste: includes sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid, solid, gaseous, or radioactive, associated with human habitation, or of human or animal origin, or from any producing, manufacturing, or processing operation of whatever nature. See California Health and Safety Code 5410
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