Health and Safety Code section 116670

Anything done, maintained, or suffered as a result of failure to comply with any primary drinking water standard is a public nuisance dangerous to health, and may be enjoined or summarily abated in the manner provided by law. Every public officer or body lawfully empowered to do so shall abate the nuisance immediately.

Source: Section 116670, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=116670. (updated Jan. 1, 1996; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/health_and_safety_code_section_116670

Original Source: Section 116670, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=116670. (last accessed May 12, 2025).