Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 83, § 6 (2026)

Sewage disposal works

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Section 6. A town, with the approval of the department of environmental protection, after a public hearing by said department of all parties interested, of which notice shall be given by publication in one or more newspapers, may purchase land within its limits, or take the same by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, for the treatment, purification and disposal of sewage. Towns or persons, owning or operating filter beds or other works for the treatment, purification and disposal of sewage shall provide and maintain works adequate for the treatment of the sewage at all times, and shall operate such works in such manner as will prevent a nuisance therefrom or the discharge or escape of unpurified or imperfectly purified sewage or effluent into any stream, pond or other water, or other objectionable result.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1932–2003 · leading case: Greater Lawrence Sanitary Dist. v. Town of North Andover, 785 N.E.2d 337 (Mass. 2003).

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Greater Lawrence Sanitary Dist. v. Town of North Andover, 785 N.E.2d 337 (Mass. 2003). “” G. L. c. 83, § 6. The department is also authorized to require operators of sewage treatment works to improve their facilities as necessary to prevent and abate nuisances.”

Anglim v. City of Brockton, 179 N.E. 289 (Mass. 1932). “The plaintiff relies upon G. L. c. 83, § 6, which authorizes towns to acquire land for the treatment, purification and disposal of sewage, and provides: “Towns or persons owning or operating filter beds or other works for the treatment, purification and disposal of sewage shall…”

Greater Lawrence Sanitary Dist. v. Town of North Andover, 14 Mass. L. Rptr. 571 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2002). · cites it 5× “G.L.c. 83, §6. In 1975, the Legislature designated the DEP as the agency responsible for issuing site assignments under §6.”

Silva v. Landreville, 1 Mass. L. Rptr. 4 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1993). “See G.L.c. 83, §6. Plaintiffs, while conceding that the sewage treatment plant is a “public service building,” nonetheless contend that its design does not, as §9-208(7) requires, conform to and harmonize with other buildings in the district, and that the plant is unlawfully…”

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