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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

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