Sanitary law : a digest of the sanitary acts of England and Scotland / by H. Aubrey Husband.

Date:
1883
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Credit: Sanitary law : a digest of the sanitary acts of England and Scotland / by H. Aubrey Husband. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Sec. water which would otherwise descend. Tims, if a L.A. wishes to have exclusive right to the water of a stream, they must buy up the rights of all the jiroprietoi's belo^v them. A landowner has perfect right to appropriate all surface water not flowing in a distinct channel, although he j)revents such surface water from reaclung a watercourse whicli it jjreviously supplied (Broadbent v. RnmsboUoni, 11 Ex., Rep, 602); he may also drain his land for agricultural purposes. 52 Before commencing to construct waterworks within the limits of sup])ly of any water company em}iowered by Act of Parliament, or any order confirmed liy Par- liament to sup|)ly water, the L.A. shall give written notice to every water company within whose limits of suppl}^ the L.A. are desirous of sup[ilying water, stating the purposes for which, and—as far as may be practic- able—the extent to wliich water is re(piired by the L.A. No L.A. is permitted to construct any water- works within such limits so long as there is any company able and wdlling to sup[)ly water proper and sufficient for all reasonable purposes for wliich it is recjuired by the L.A.—(Richmond Wate.rworhs Co. and Southwark and Va}ixhall Waterworks Co. v. Richmond Veslrij, L.R. 3 Ch. 21.-82)—and any dilference as to ability of the company to sup])ly the water, or as to the (piality or tpiantity of the water supplied, or the charges, dm., for the same, shall be settled by arbitra- 63 tion. A L. A. also, before commencing to construct any reservoir, other than a service reservoir or tank which will hold not more than 100,000 gallons, must give at least two months’ notice of the intended work by advertisement in one or more of the local news-
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