§ 15.12.070. Water contamination in vicinity of water treatment plant.  


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  • Within the area between a line directly across the irrigation canal and the Rio Grande at the downstream end of the intakes into the city water treatment plant and a line directly across the canal and the river one-half mile upstream therefrom, no person shall:

    A.

    Bathe, swim or wade in the river or canal; or

    B.

    Throw or place in the river or the canal any waste or refuse, or any substance or thing which may contaminate the water; or

    C.

    Throw or place such waste, refuse, substance or thing within one hundred fifty feet of the banks of the canal or within one hundred fifty feet of the normal high water mark of the river; or

    D.

    Keep or bring any animal within such distance from the banks of the canal or the normal high water mark of the river (except animals passing over a public road or in transit on any railroad), or wash or clean within such distance thereof any vehicle which has been used for the transportation of any animal.

(Ord. 14805 (part), 2001: prior code § 23-7)