Louisiana § RS 40:1281.23 - Sewage treatment systems; effluent limiters or reducers; disinfectants
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§ RS 40:1281.23. Sewage treatment systems; effluent limiters or reducers; disinfectants
A. All new and reconditioned sewage treatment systems with a capacity up to and including one thousand five hundred gallons per day that produce an effluent and, by design, do not significantly limit or reduce the amount of offsite effluent, shall include an effluent limiter or reducer approved by the Louisiana Department of Health.
B. All new and reconditioned sewage treatment systems with a capacity up to and including one thousand five hundred gallons per day that produce an effluent shall have a means of or device for disinfecting such effluent, approved by the Louisiana Department of Health. Such disinfection systems shall be exempt from any requirements for minimum contact chamber volumes unless the addition of formal disinfection is specifically required as part of a permit issued by the Louisiana Department of Health or the Department of Environmental Quality.
Acts 1995, No. 505, §1, eff. June 18, 1995; Acts 1999, No. 289, §3; Acts 2001, No. 821, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1154 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 40:1281.23 ("Sewage treatment systems; effluent limiters or reducers; disinfectants") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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