N.Y. PBL Law § 92-A
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Waste of mineral waters
Official statutory text
§ 92-a. Waste of mineral waters. 1. The waste of that class of\nmineral waters holding in solution natural mineral salts and an excess\nof carbonic acid gas is hereby declared to be unlawful.\n 2. Waste defined. The permitting of the flow or escape of that class\nof mineral waters defined in section ninety of this article shall be\ndeemed a waste thereof, unless such flow shall be necessary to the care,\nprotection or preservation of the spring or well, or for the purpose of\nthe actual use of the owner or occupant of the land or others with his\nconsent, including the sale or commercial use of the waters or gases\nflowing therefrom. The permitting of such flow, except for the immediate\nuse or sale of such waters or gases or the immediate service to the\npublic, for a longer period than twenty-four hours in any one month,\nshall be presumptive evidence of the waste thereof, unless authorized by\nthe commissioner of parks and recreation as provided in section\nninety-two-b of this article.\n
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