2017 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 65 PUBLIC HEALTH
Article 1 SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, ACTIVITIES
65-161 Definitions.

Universal Citation: KS Stat § 65-161 (2017)

65-161.Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Waters of the state" means all streams and springs, and all bodies of surface and subsurface waters within the boundaries of the state;

(b) "discharge" means, when used without qualification, the causing or permitting of sewage to enter, either directly or indirectly, into waters of the state;

(c) "indirect discharge" means the introduction of pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works from any nondomestic source; and

(d) "direct discharge" means the discharge of sewage into waters of the state.

History: L. 1907, ch. 382, § 1; R.S. 1923, 65-161; L. 1973, ch. 241, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 221, § 1; April 19.

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