2014 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 11 - PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES; SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE CONTROL
Title 1 - (1100 - 1109) POTABLE WATERS
1107 - Orders of commissioner.

  1107.  Orders  of  commissioner.    1. When the commissioner, after
  investigation of the condition of  any  public  water  supply  used  for
  drinking  or other domestic purposes, whether maintained and operated by
  a municipality,  water  district  or  private  corporation,  company  or
  individual, shall certify to the board, corporation, company, officer or
  person  in  charge of the maintenance and operation of such water supply
  that in his opinion such water supply  is  so  polluted  or  subject  to
  dangerous  pollution  or so inadequate or of such objectionable physical
  quality as to constitute a menace to the public health and  shall  order
  reasonable  improvements  to be made for the protection of public health
  and such municipality, water district or private corporation, company or
  individual maintaining and operating such water  supply  shall  fail  to
  carry out such order forthwith, any court of competent jurisdiction may,
  upon the application of the commissioner, enforce prompt compliance with
  such order.
2.  Service  of the certificate by the commissioner as aforesaid shall
  be made upon the mayor or corporation counsel  of  the  municipality  or
  upon  an officer of the water district or private corporation or company
  as the case may be.
3. The  commissioner  shall  promulgate  regulations  to  provide  for
  immediate  public notice, in a manner prescribed by such regulations, of
  the existence of a public health  hazard  concerning  any  public  water
  supply.