New York Town Law Section 190-E - Wastewater disposal districts.

190-e. Wastewater disposal districts. 1. The town board of any town is hereby authorized to establish or extend a wastewater disposal district, or more than one such district, in said town, outside of any incorporated village or city, for the purpose of administration and planning (including educational programs), design, installation, construction, rehabilitation, replacement, operation and maintenance (including pumping and inspections), monitoring, residual treatment and disposal and regulation of private on-site wastewater disposal systems of such district. Such wastewater disposal district shall be created or extended in the manner provided by and pursuant to the provisions of this article. The territory embraced within any such wastewater disposal district may be composed of noncontiguous areas or properties (but shall not include any areas or properties included in sewer districts). When so created, a wastewater disposal district shall be deemed to be an improvement district created pursuant to the provisions of this article, and shall be subject to the procedural requirements therein set forth.

2. All of the provisions of section one hundred ninety-c of this article, relating to the preparation of maps and plans and establishment of a water storage and distribution district, shall apply to the preparation of maps and plans and establishment of a wastewater disposal district, except that in the case of a wastewater disposal district, the map and plan shall also show the mode and frequency of collection, conveying, treating and disposing of wastewater or residual wastewater, the mode and frequency of inspections and monitoring and the location of properties requiring construction or replacement of private on-site wastewater disposal systems in the next five years.


Last modified: February 3, 2019