GENERALLY

San Antonio City Code ch. 34, art. II, div. 1

in effect

San Antonio City Code § 34-16 Supplying below standard water to another.

Sec. 34-16. - Supplying below standard water to another. It shall be unlawful for any person to supply another any water to drink or for domestic purposes, which does not comply with the public health service drinking water standards and the standards set by the state water development board pursuant to V.T.C.A., Water Code, § 26.023. (Code 1950, § 62-1; Code 1959, § 41-1)

San Antonio City Code § 34-17 Investigation of pollution or potential pollution.

Sec. 34-17. - Investigation of pollution or potential pollution. Where an analysis of water samples, as provided by section 34-18, indicates pollution or potential pollution of a water supply, it shall be the duty of the director of public health or his duly authorized representative to make investigation to determine, if possible, the cause and remedy for such condition, and to make suitable recommendations to the official or other person responsible for such water supply to ensure the protection and the purity of the supply, and it shall be the duty of such official or other person responsible for such water supply to ensure the protection and the purity of the supply and to comply with the standards adopted by section 34-16. (Code 1950, § 62-3; Code 1959, § 41-3)

San Antonio City Code § 34-18 Analyses of drinking water required.

Sec. 34-18. - Analyses of drinking water required. Every official or other person responsible for any water supply in the city, who furnishes water for drinking and domestic purposes to fifty (50) or more people, shall have at least one (1) sanitary analysis of a representative sample of water from the distribution system made each week and submit a copy of such analysis to the city public health department or submit at least one (1) sample of such water weekly to the city public health department, as may be directed by the director of public health. Where the population served by a water supply is greater than one thousand (1,000), there shall be made at least one (1) additional analysis each month for each one thousand (1,000) population in excess of the first one thousand (1,000) population, up to one hundred thousand (100,000) population, and for populations in excess of one hundred thousand (100,000), the number of supplies analyzed monthly shall be in accordance with the standards adopted in this section. (Code 1950, § 62-2; Code 1959, § 41-2)

San Antonio City Code § 34-19 Restoring polluted water, procedure where not eradicated.

Sec. 34-19. - Restoring polluted water, procedure where not eradicated. If such official or other person responsible for a water supply fails or neglects to observe or comply with the standards adopted by section 34-16 or if it shall be found to be impossible to restore and protect the purity of such water supply so that it will not endanger the lives and health of the consumers of that supply, the further use of such supply for drinking and domestic purposes shall either be discontinued and another approved supply shall be secured, or the director of public health shall warn the public of the character of the water supply concerned, together with recommendations for their protection, whichever seems in the opinion of the director of public health best to protect the lives and health of the citizens of the city. (Code 1950, § 62-4; Code 1959, § 41-4)

San Antonio City Code § 34-20 Sources of water prohibited for drinking or domestic use.

Sec. 34-20. - Sources of water prohibited for drinking or domestic use. It shall be unlawful to draw, pump, dip or otherwise take water from the San Antonio River, the San Pedro Creek, the Alazan Creek, the Apache Creek or the Menger Creek within the city for drinking or other domestic purposes or to drink or use for other domestic purposes any water taken therefrom. (Code 1950, § 62-6; Code 1959, § 41-5)

San Antonio City Code § 34-21 Health certificate and permit required of itinerant water vendors.

Sec. 34-21. - Health certificate and permit required of itinerant water vendors. It shall be unlawful for an itinerant vendor to sell water for drinking or domestic purposes within the city, without securing a health certificate as provided in section 13-96, requiring certificates for food handlers, and securing the approval of the director of public health of the water sold and the containers from which the water is sold. (Code 1950, § 62-5; Code 1959, § 41-6)

San Antonio City Code § 34-22 Polluting bodies of water.

Sec. 34-22. - Polluting bodies of water. It shall be unlawful for any person to defile the waters of the San Antonio River, San Pedro Creek, the Alazan Creek, the Zarzamora Creek, or any lake or any stream, or any other body of water, whether running or not. (Code 1950, § 62-20; Code 1959, § 41-7)

San Antonio City Code § 34-23 Pipes, drains or sewer leading into bodies of water.

Sec. 34-23. - Pipes, drains or sewer leading into bodies of water. No pipe, drain or sewer connecting with or leading into the San Antonio River, San Pedro Creek, Alazan Creek, Zarzamora Creek, or any lake, or any stream, or any other body of water whether running or not, or any of the irrigating ditches of the city shall be used for any purpose except as drainage pipe for water. (Code 1950, § 62-21; Code 1959, § 41-8)

San Antonio City Code § 34-24 Discharging oil, grease, soap, etc., into public waters or streams.

Sec. 34-24. - Discharging oil, grease, soap, etc., into public waters or streams. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any fluid, containing oil, into any of the waters or streams within the city. All establishments engaged in a business wherein water mixed with oil, or oil, is discharged into any public stream, sewer or drain within the city may equip the discharge pipes from such establishment with traps to separate the oil from the water in such a manner as only unpolluted water will flow from such trap into any sewer, drain or public stream within the city. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to run or discharge any fluid or water containing either grease, soap, lye, washing powder, mud or filth into any of the public waters or streams within the city. (Code 1950, §§ 62-22, 62-23; Code 1959, §§ 41-9, 41-10)

San Antonio City Code § 34-25 Reserved.

Source: City of San Antonio, City Code, City Charter and Unified Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/san_antonio/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH34WASE_ARTIIWASERA_DIV1GEFetched: 10/27/2026