§ 13577 Wastewater Discharge Abatement Actions

Public Utilities Code·California

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•If dirty water makes a sewer system messy or harmful, both the sewer system boss and the person who put the dirty water in can get in trouble.
•The law is about cleaning up or stopping the mess, not just punishing someone.
•It’s not just about one person—if many people add dirty water, all can be responsible.

Example

A factory dumps dirty water into the town’s sewer, and it causes bad smells and makes people sick.

The town can make both the factory and the sewer company fix the problem and stop the dirty water from causing more trouble.

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§ 13577 Wastewater Discharge Abatement Actions

Any abatement actions taken pursuant to the foregoing sections with respect to contamination, pollution or nuisance, as defined in this article, created by the discharge of waste water into a community sewer system shall be taken against the agent or agency operating such system and the contributor or contributors whose waste creates the contamination, pollution or nuisance. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 733.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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abatement actions contamination pollution nuisance discharge of waste water community sewer system agent or agency contributor

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Public Utilities Code. Section 13577.

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