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KENT CTY. WATER AUTH. v. STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH

No. 97-585-MP.

723 A.2d 1132 (1999)

KENT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY v. STATE of Rhode Island (DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH).

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

January 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. McGair, Warwick, for Plaintiff.

Mary E. McCabe, Rebecca Tedford Partington, Providence, for Defendant.

Before WEISBERGER, C.J., and LEDERBERG, BOURCIER, FLANDERS, and GOLDBERG, JJ.

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

To prevent situations where there is "Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink,"1 the General Assembly enacted legislation "to aid in assuring the public is provided with safe and potable drinking water." G.L.1956 § 46-13-1. As a result, no one may operate a public water-supply system in this state without first obtaining annual approval of that system from the director of the...

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