- Alaska Statutes.
- Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation
- Chapter 3. Environmental Conservation
- Section 800. Water Nuisances.
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AS 46.03.800. Water Nuisances.
- (a) A person is guilty of creating or maintaining a nuisance if the person puts a dead animal carcass, or part of one,
excrement, or a putrid, nauseous, noisome, decaying, deleterious, or offensive substance into, or in any other manner
befouls, pollutes, or impairs the quality of, a spring, brook, creek, branch, well, or pond of water that is or may be
used for domestic purposes.
- (b) A person who neglects or refuses to abate the nuisance upon order of the department is guilty of a misdemeanor and is
punishable as provided in AS 46.03.790
. In addition to this punishment, the court shall assess damages against the defendant for the expenses of abating the
nuisance.
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