La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § XII-333

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section XII-333 - Reservoir Sanitation [formerly paragraph 12:011-1]

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.).

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § XII-333

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1324 (June 2002).

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).