Section 13-11-2-260 - "Water pollution" "Water pollution", for purposes of water pollution control laws and environmental management laws, means:
(1) actual or threatened alteration of the physical, thermal, chemical, biological, bacteriological, or radioactive properties of any waters; or(2) the discharge or threatened discharge of any contaminant into any waters that does or can create a nuisance or make the waters harmful, detrimental, or injurious to any of the following:(A) Public health, safety, or welfare.(B) Domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or other legitimate uses.(C) Livestock, wild animals, birds, fish, or aquatic life.Pre-1996 Recodification Citations: 13-1-3-1.5 part; 13-7-1-3 part; 13-7-1-26.
As added by P.L. 1-1996, SEC.1.