2011 Connecticut Code
Title 25 Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control
Chapter 474 Pollution
Sec. 25-32b. Public drinking water supply emergency.

      Sec. 25-32b. Public drinking water supply emergency. The Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and the Public Utilities Control Authority, may declare a public drinking water supply emergency upon receipt of information that a public water supply emergency exists or is imminent. Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes or regulations adopted thereunder, or special act or municipal ordinance, the Commissioner of Public Health may authorize or order the sale, supply or taking of any waters, including waters into which sewage is discharged, or the temporary interconnection of water mains for the sale or transfer of water among water companies. The Public Utilities Control Authority shall determine the terms of the sale of any water sold pursuant to this section if the water companies that are party to the sale cannot determine such terms or if one of such water companies is regulated by the authority. The authorization or order may be implemented prior to such determination. Any authorization or order shall be for an initial period of not more than thirty days but may be extended for additional periods of thirty days up to one hundred fifty days, consistent with the contingency procedures for a public drinking water supply emergency in the plan approved pursuant to section 25-32d to the extent the Commissioner of Public Health deems appropriate. Upon request by the Commissioner of Public Health, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, pursuant to section 22a-378, shall suspend a permit issued pursuant to section 22a-368 or impose conditions on a permit held pursuant to said section. The time for such suspension or conditions shall be established in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 22a-378. As used in this section and section 22a-378, "public drinking water supply emergency" includes the contamination of water, the failure of a water supply system or the shortage of water.

      (P.A. 84-281, S. 1, 4; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

      History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.