Legal Opinion
Kent County Water Authority v. State (Department of Health)
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided January 29, 1999No. 97-585-MPPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FLANDERS, Justice.
To prevent situations where there is “Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink,” 1 the General Assembly enacted legislation “to aid in assuring the public is provided with safe and potable drinking water.” G.L.1956 § 46-13-1. As a result, no one may operate a public water-supply system in this state without first obtaining annual approval of that system from the director of the Rhode Island Department of Health (DOH). See § 46-13-2.1(a), (c). To obtain such approval, operators of public water-supply systems must apply to DOH and demonstrate that they satisfy…
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