Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE
Part XII - Water Supplies
Chapter 3 - Water Quality Standards
Section XII-333 - Reservoir Sanitation [formerly paragraph 12:011-1]
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XII-333
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The state health officer may designate any water body, or a part of any water body, as a reservoir, where, in its use as a water source for public water supply, the control of other uses of the water body, or designated part of the water body, and its watershed, is necessary to protect public health.
1. [formerly paragraph
12:011-2] No cesspool, privy or other place for the deposit or storage of human
excrement shall be located within 50 feet of the high water mark of any
reservoir, stream, brook, or other watercourse flowing into any reservoir, and
no place of this character shall be located within 250 feet of the high water
mark of any reservoir or watercourse as above mentioned, unless such receptacle
is so constructed that no portion of the contents can escape or be washed into
the reservoir or watercourse.
2.
[formerly paragraph 12:011-3 ] No stable, pigpen, chicken house or other
structure where the excrement of animals or fowls is allowed to accumulate,
shall be located within 50 feet of the high water mark of any reservoir or
watercourse as above mentioned, and no structure of this character shall be
located within 250 feet of the high water mark of such waters unless provision
is made for preventing manure or other polluting materials from flowing or
being washed into such waters.
3.
[formerly paragraph 12:011-4] Boating, fishing, water skiing and swimming on
any reservoir or watercourse as above mentioned shall be prohibited, or
otherwise restricted by the state health officer, when it has been determined
that the public served by the public water supply using the reservoir as a
water source is exposed to a health hazard, and that such prohibitions or
restrictions are therefore necessary. In any case, the aforementioned
activities shall be prohibited within 100 feet of the water intake point of the
public water supply.
4. [formerly
paragraph 12:011-5 Industrial Wastes] No industrial waste which may cause
objectionable changes in the quality of water used as a source of a public
water supply shall be discharged into any lake, pond, reservoir, stream,
underground water stratum, or into any place from which the waste may flow, or
be carried into a source of public water supply. (Note: This was formerly
numbered 12:024.).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:4 (A)(6)(8)(11) and R.S. 40:5 (3)(5)(6)(9)(17)(20).
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