§ 34-19. Restoring polluted water, procedure where not eradicated.

If such official or other person responsible for a water supply fails or neglects to observe or comply with the standards adopted by section 34-16 or if it shall be found to be impossible to restore and protect the purity of such water supply so that it will not endanger the lives and health of the consumers of that supply, the further use of such supply for drinking and domestic purposes shall either be discontinued and another approved supply shall be secured, or the director of public health shall warn the public of the character of the water supply concerned, together with recommendations for their protection, whichever seems in the opinion of the director of public health best to protect the lives and health of the citizens of the city.

(Code 1950, § 62-4; Code 1959, § 41-4)