Mono County Municipal Code Ch. 7.12 Pollution of Waters

It is unlawful for any person or persons or association of persons to:

A. Place, deposit, dump or dispose of, or cause to be placed, deposited, dumped or disposed of upon the right-of-way of any street or thoroughfare, or upon any camping place or public park, or into any stream or dry watercourse, or on the banks of any stream or dry watercourse within the county, any debris, refuse, garbage, swill, junk, cans, bottles, rubbish, papers, ashes or other unsightly, putrescible, decaying or offensive matter of any kind whatsoever, whether organic or inorganic;

B. Bathe, swim, wash, launder clothes, wash dishes or any other object or thing in any stream or watercourse within Mono County, or by any other means foul or pollute the waters of such stream in any manner whatsoever;

C. Place, deposit, dump or dispose of, or cause to be placed, deposited, dumped or disposed of any and all treated or untreated sewage upon or into any flowing surface, stream or lake within the county, where such waters are to be used or may be used for human consumption below the point of placing, depositing, dumping or disposition thereof.

(Ord. 253 §§ 1, 2, 1955; Ord. 208 § 1, 1948.)

Any person who trespasses upon, damages, interferes with, tampers with or contaminates any water, watercourse, structure or facility owned, used or controlled by any county water district, public utility district or fire district in the county in violation of any rule, regulation or ordinance of any such district is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in Section 1.12.010 of this code.

(Ord. 404 § 1, 1970.)