Minnesota § 473.515 - SEWAGE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL; POWERS
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 473.515 — SEWAGE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL; POWERS, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 473.515. SEWAGE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL; POWERS
Subdivision 1.Identification of powers.
In addition to all other powers conferred upon or delegated to the council hereunder, it shall have the powers specified in this section.
Subd. 2.Right to discharge treated sewage.
The council shall have the right to discharge the effluent from any treatment works operated by it into any waters of the state in accordance with any effluent or water quality standards lawfully adopted by the Pollution Control Agency.
Subd. 3.Connections with metropolitan system.
The council may require any person or local government unit in the metropolitan area to provide for the discharge of its sewage, directly or indirectly, into the metropolitan disposal system, or to connect any disposal system or part thereof with the metropolitan disposal system wherever reasonable opportunity therefor is provided; may regulate the manner in which such connections are made; may require any person or local government unit discharging sewage into the metropolitan disposal system to provide preliminary treatment therefor; may prohibit the discharge into the metropolitan disposal system of any substance which it determines will or may be harmful to the system or any persons operating it; and may require any local government unit to discontinue the acquisition, betterment, or operation of any facility for its disposal system wherever and so far as adequate service is or will be provided by the metropolitan disposal system.
History:
1975 c 13 s 82; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 156-158
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 473.515 ("SEWAGE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL; POWERS") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. 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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