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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 48, PUBLIC UTILITIES
Chapter 14: Manner of laying pipes and conduits
Section: 48:14-19: Supplying water for domestic uses prohibited; diversion by municipality
No steam and water power company organized under the laws of this State shall supply any municipality or the public with water for potable or other domestic uses.
Nothing in this article shall impair the right or privilege of any municipality to take from the rivers and streams wholly in this State, or between this and any other State, the potable waters thereof for public purposes.
No such company shall be entitled to damages or compensation for the diversion of the waters of any such river or stream or tributaries thereof for the water supply of any municipality.
Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 173.
This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:55.
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