Title 46
Waters and Navigation

Chapter 14
Contamination of Drinking Water

R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-14-2.2

§ 46-14-2.2. Contamination of local water supply — Notice to city or town.

If the state department of health discovers that a water supply to a municipality has become contaminated, which contamination may pose a potential danger to the public, the director of health shall, within forty-eight (48) hours of the discovery of the contamination, notify the city or town council of every city and town whose water supply is affected by the contamination.

History of Section.
P.L. 1995, ch. 66, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 296, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 47.