UNLAWFUL TO POLLUTE
Colorado Springs City Code § 12.4.802
in effect12.4.802: UNLAWFUL TO POLLUTE:
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to pollute or contaminate any of the waters in or of the water supply system, or to do any act which would pollute or tend to pollute the watersheds of the City.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to do any act whatsoever which shall tend to foul or render impure or unwholesome any of the waters or streams tributary or contributing to the water supply of the City, and it shall be unlawful for any person to cast into or allow to flow or fall into any of the waters, or into any reservoir or lake belonging to the City, any filth, sewage, carrion, garbage, minerals, clay, rock or earth of any kind, or any excretion, clothing, paper, rags or any extraneous substances.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following acts in the areas of the water supply system as the Chief Executive Officer may designate:
1. To wash, swim, wade or bathe therein;
2. To bathe any animal or to cause or allow any animal to enter or swim therein;
3. To fish therein or to shoot over, into or near thereto.
In any areas of the water supply system so designated by Chief Executive Officer, Utilities shall post notice of the prohibited acts. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 18-42)
Source: City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/coloradospringsco/latest/coloradosprings_co/0-0-0-19978Fetched: 11/1/2026