State Water Pollution Control Board v. Salt Lake City

CROCKETT, Justice.

This case involves a controversy between The State Water Pollution Control Board and Salt Lake City concerning the City’s failure to conform to certain of the Board’s regulations pertaining to sewerage systems. The fundamental contention of the City is that it is not subject to these regulations.

The Water Pollution Board was created by the 1953 Legislature. Its declared purpose was to “Control, Prevent and Abate the Pollution of Surface and Underground Waters of the State.” 1 Pursuant to the Act, 2 the Board adopted a set of regulations for sewerage systems to which some of…