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2018 Georgia Code 12-5-170 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 12 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Section 5. Water Resources, 12-5-1 through 12-5-586.

ARTICLE 3 WELLS AND DRINKING WATER

12-5-170. Short title.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Safe Drinking Water Act of 1977."

(Ga. L. 1977, p. 351, § 2.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Validity, construction, and application of lead limitations and "lead and copper" rule of Safe Drinking Water Act, 16 A.L.R. Fed. 3d 3.

Citizen's cause of action under Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 300j-8, 16 A.L.R. Fed. 3d 4.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 12-5-170

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Bass v. Ledbetter, 363 S.E.2d 760 (Ga. 1988).

Cited 3 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jan 21, 1988 | 257 Ga. 738, 27 ERC (BNA) 1471

...In a *739 related case, they also sought damages and other relief against the water company and its owners. See Smith v. Hawks, 182 Ga. App. 379 (355 SE2d 669) (1987). The controlling issue therefore concerns the director's statutory authority under the Georgia Safe Drinking Water Act of 1977 (OCGA § 12-5-170 et seq.): can he legally order the water system's owners to clean contaminated pipes located on the property of its residential consumers? The trial court, agreeing with the director's interpretation of the statute that he had no such authority, granted him summary judgment....