WATER DISTRICT

Oklahoma City Municipal Code ch. 57, art. II

in effect

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-16 Definitions.

§ 57-16. - Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) City water district or water district means the Oklahoma City Water District. (2) High-water line means the margin of Lake Overholser, if it is referred to, when the surface thereof is at an elevation of 1,242.27 feet above sea level, or if Lake Hefner is referred to, when: a. the surface thereof is at an elevation of 1,199 feet above sea level; or b. the sedimentation basin is 1,243.52 feet above sea level. (3) Linear distance of a structure or object from the reservoir or from a watercourse means the shortest horizontal distance from the nearest point of the structure or object to the high-water line of said reservoir, lake or watercourse. (4) Reservoir means Lake Overholser and Lake Hefner, together with the sedimentation basin, Lake Hefner Canal, and the portion of the North Canadian River, or any tributaries directly emptying into either Lake Overholser or Lake Hefner. (5) Watercourse means and includes every spring, pond, stream, ditch, water-bearing sand, or other channel or course of every kind, the waters of which, when running, either continuously or occasionally, eventually flow or may flow either into Lake Overholser or Lake Hefner. (Code 1970, § 28-1; Code 1980, § 57-16)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-17 Created; boundaries.

§ 57-17. - Created; boundaries. There is hereby created a water district for the sanitary protection of the water supply of the City which district shall be known as the "Oklahoma City Water District" and shall embrace all of the lands in the counties of Oklahoma and Canadian, State of Oklahoma, within the following descriptions: (1) in Sections 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, and 36, Township 13 North, Range 4 West, and that part of these sections belonging to the Lake Hefner Reservoir Property, including all of Sections 26, 34 and 35; (2) in Section 31, Township 13 North, Range 4 West, the south half of the south half; (3) in Section 32, Township 13 North, Range 4 West, the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter and the canal property and the area between the canal and the south section line; (4) in Section 33, Township 13 North, Range 4 West, the canal property and the area between the canal and the south section line; (5) in Section 1, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, all north and west of Grand Boulevard; (6) in Section 2, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, all; (7) in Section 3, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, all except a strip ⅛ of a mile wide along the west line; (8) in Section 10, Township 12, a strip ⅛ of a mile wide along the west line; (9) in Section 11, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, the north half and the southwest quarter; (10) in Section 12, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, that part of the northwest quarter which is west of Grand Boulevard; (11) in Section 14, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, the west half, and the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter; (12) in Section 15, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, the north half of the northeast quarter and the north half of the northwest quarter, except a strip ⅛ of a mile wide along the west section line; (13) in Section 4, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter; (14) in Section 5, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, the southwest quarter, the west half of the southeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, the west half of the northeast quarter, the south half of the northwest quarter including canal property; (15) in Section 8, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, the west half, the west half of the east half and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter; (16) in Section 9, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, the south half of the southwest quarter; (17) in Section 17, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, all; (18) in Section 20, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, the west half; (19) in Section 29, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, the northeast quarter; (20) in Sections 6, 7, 18 and 19, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, all; (21) in Section 30, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, the north half and that part of the southwest quarter north of Drainage Ditch No. 2 and west of the river; (22) in Section 36, Township 13 North, Range 5 West, the south half and the south half of the northwest quarter; (23) in Sections 1, 12, 13 and 24, Township 12 North, Range 5 West, all; (24) in Section 14, Township 12 North, Range 5 West, the southwest quarter; (25) in Sections 23 and 26, Township 12 North, Range 5 West, the Drainage Ditch No. 2 property and thence to the east section line; (26) in Section 25, Township 12 North, Range 5 West, the Drainage Ditch No. 2 property and thence to the north section line. (Code 1970, § 28-2; Code 1980, § 57-17)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-18 Scope.

§ 57-18. - Scope. Except as specifically provided otherwise, the provisions of this article shall apply to the water district. (Code 1980, § 57-18)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-19 Jurisdiction of Utilities Department.

§ 57-19. - Jurisdiction of Utilities Department. The operation, maintenance and control of reservoirs and all City property adjoining or adjacent thereto shall remain and be under the jurisdiction of the Utilities Department, and any other City department desiring to make any use of any space or ground in said area shall first present its plan of construction and operation to the Utilities Department and obtain its approval thereof. (Code 1970, § 28-23; Code 1980, § 57-19; Ord. No. 23451, § 11, 9-25-07)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-20 Police power jurisdiction extended.

§ 57-20. - Police power jurisdiction extended. The police power of the City shall be extended over all lands within the water district described in Section 57-17, and the jurisdiction of the various City officials shall extend to and apply over the entire water district. (Code 1970, § 28-3; Code 1980, § 57-20)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-21 Rules and regulations extended.

§ 57-21. - Rules and regulations extended. All rules and regulations of the state, county, and City, or any proper department or official thereof, now in force, are hereby extended over to and shall apply and have full force and effect within the water district, and all such rules and regulations that may lawfully be made in the future, either by the state, county or City, shall extend over and have the same effect within said water district as within the City limits. (Code 1970, § 28-4; Code 1980, § 57-21)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-22 Water district inspectors.

§ 57-22. - Water district inspectors. The City Manager shall have the power to appoint such inspectors as may be necessary, who shall be empowered with police authority to oversee and inspect said water district and enforce the rules, regulations and laws applicable therein. (Code 1970, § 28-5; Code 1980, § 57-22)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-23 Additional rules and regulations.

§ 57-23. - Additional rules and regulations. The Mayor and Council may from time to time adopt additional ordinances, or promulgate such additional rules and regulations as may be advisable to modify or change the area included within the water district, or the regulations for the protection thereof. (Code 1970, § 28-6; Code 1980, § 57-23)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-24 Discharges of human excrement.

§ 57-24. - Discharges of human excrement. (a) No human excrement shall be deposited or discharged into Lake Overholser, Lake Hefner, the canal or sedimentation basin, or into any watercourse. (b) No cesspool, privy, or other receptacle for the deposit of human excrement shall be located, constructed or maintained within the water district, unless such cesspool, privy or other receptacle is: (1) constructed under and with the approval of the Utilities Department, and the Health Department; (2) constructed so that no portion of its contents shall escape or be washed into such waters; and (3) is located not closer than 660 feet of the high-water mark of the reservoir. (c) No human excrement or composite containing human excrement, or contents of any privy, cesspool, sewer, or other receptacle for the reception or storage of human excrement, shall be deposited or discharged within the water district, or upon or into the ground at a place from which said excrement or composite thereof may flow or be washed or carried into any watercourse. (Code 1970, §§ 28-7, 28-8; Code 1980, § 57-24; Ord. No. 23451, § 11, 9-25-07)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-25 Deposits of garbage and manure.

§ 57-25. - Deposits of garbage and manure. No garbage, manure, or putrescible matter shall be placed: (1) into any reservoir in the water district, or into any watercourse emptying into any reservoir; or (2) upon the ground in the water district within 660 feet of the high-water line of any reservoir or any watercourse. (Code 1970, § 28-10; Code 1980, § 57-25)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-26 Deposits of animal manure.

§ 57-26. - Deposits of animal manure. No place where animal manure is deposited or accumulated shall be located, constructed or maintained in the water district within 660 feet of the high-water line of any reservoir, or the high-water line of any watercourse emptying into any reservoir. (Code 1970, § 28-11; Code 1980, § 57-26)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-27 Deposits of refuse and waste products.

§ 57-27. - Deposits of refuse and waste products. No substance of a nature poisonous or injurious either to human beings or animals, or of such nature as would impart an objectionable taste or odor to any water into which it might be discharged, shall be discharged into any place from which it may flow or be washed or carried into reservoirs or into any watercourse emptying into any reservoir. (Code 1970, § 28-12; Code 1980, § 57-27)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-28 Deposits of slop and other wastes.

§ 57-28. - Deposits of slop and other wastes. No house slops, sink wastes, water which has been used for washing or cooking, or any other polluted water, shall be discharged into any reservoir or into any watercourse within the water district, or discharged into or upon the ground of the water district within 660 feet of the high-water line of any reservoir. (Code 1970, § 28-9; Code 1980, § 57-28)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-29 Sewer systems.

§ 57-29. - Sewer systems. (a) No system of sewers or other works for the collection, conveyance, disposal or purification of domestic or manufacturing sewage, wastes or drainage or any other putrescible matter shall be constructed, placed, or maintained at any place within the water district unless such system is in accordance with plans first approved in writing by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, the Health Department and the Utilities Department. (b) No private or separate sewers shall be constructed or maintained in the water district having an outlet upon or in the ground within 660 feet of the high-water line of said reservoirs or of the high-water line of any watercourse emptying into any reservoir. (Code 1970, § 28-13; Code 1980, § 57-29; Ord. No. 23451, § 11, 9-25-07)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-30 Hospital location.

§ 57-30. - Hospital location. No public or private hospital, or other place intended for the reception or treatment of persons afflicted with contagious or infectious disease, shall be located or constructed at any place within the water district until the location and construction thereof have been approved in writing by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, the Health Department and the Utilities Department. (Code 1970, § 28-14; Code 1980, § 57-30; Ord. No. 23451, § 11, 9-25-07)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-31 Animals forbidden.

§ 57-31. - Animals forbidden. No person shall send, drive or put any animal into any reservoir. (Code 1970, § 28-15; Code 1980, § 57-31)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-32 Location of residences.

§ 57-32. - Location of residences. No human habitation, cottage, tent, campsite, or residence of any kind, either temporary or permanent, shall be hereafter built, set up, or constructed upon any lands within 660 feet of the high-water line of the reservoirs or any watercourse emptying into said reservoirs, except in the following specified areas: (1) that portion of Sections 18, 19 and 30, Township 12 North, Range 4 West, which lies within 660 feet immediately east of Lake Overholser, and drains into the North Canadian River at any point south of the inlet to Lake Overholser. Provided, however, that no human habitation, cottage, tent, campsite, residence, or construction of any kind, either temporary or permanent, shall be hereafter built, set up, or constructed upon any of the above-described lands, unless the person desiring to effect such construction shall first file with the Utilities Department, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the Health Department an application in writing, together with plans and specifications for the proposed construction, and shall not proceed with such construction except in accordance with the plans first approved in writing by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, the Health Department and the Utilities Department. (2) the west 30.13 acres of the north half of the southwest quarter of Section 13, Township 12 North, Range 5 West, lying north of State Highway No. 66, and the north 30.69 acres of the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 14, Township 12 North, Range 5 West, lying north of State Highway No. 66 and the west half of the southeast quarter of Section 14, Township 12 North, Range 5 West, less right-of-way for State Highway No. 66 and less that part of said tract used for City lake, containing 133.5 acres, more or less, in Canadian County, State of Oklahoma. Provided, however, that no human habitation, cottage, tent, campsite, residence or construction of any kind, either temporary or permanent, shall be hereafter built, set up or constructed upon any of the lands within the above-described and mentioned 660-foot strip, unless the person desiring to effect such construction shall first file with the Utilities Department, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the Health Department, an application in writing, together with plans and specifications for the proposed construction showing that the surface water from the area upon which construction is proposed to be built or constructed will adequately be drained away from Lake Overholser and below the inlet of the water to Lake Overholser, and further showing a sewerage system which will adequately protect the waters of Lake Overholser from contamination by sewage from said premises. Said person shall not proceed with such construction until the plans and specifications therefor shall have first been approved in writing by the Utilities Department, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the Health Department. The foregoing construction shall not commence until the necessary grading to divert surface drainage away from the waters of Lake Overholser and the sedimentation basins thereof has been effected. The sewerage system proposed and approved shall be installed and completed before any improvements on the land shall be occupied or utilized. (3) that portion of Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15, Township 12 North, Range 4 West of the Indian Meridian in Oklahoma County, whose surface drainage will be intercepted by the authorized sanitary drainage ditch located between this area and Lake Hefner. Provided, however, that no human habitation, cottage, tent, campsite, residence, or construction of any kind, either temporary or permanent, shall be hereafter built, set up, or constructed upon any of the above-described lands, unless the person desiring to effect such construction shall first file with the Utilities Department, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the Health Department an application in writing, together with plans and specifications for the proposed construction, and shall not proceed with such construction except in accordance with the plans first approved in writing by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, the Health Department and the Utilities Department. It is further provided that the exception herein contained shall permit the construction of single-family residences only and the use of said property for such purposes only, and that such construction and the use of said land shall be subject to all ordinances. (4) a tract or parcel of land beginning 200 feet north of the high-water mark of Lake Overholser at a point 1,316.7 feet west and approximately 875 feet south of the center of Section 13, Township 12 North, Range 5 West of the Indian Meridian; thence easterly along a meandering line 200 feet north of the high-water line of Lake Overholser to the east line of said Section 13; thence north to a point 50 feet south of the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of said Section 13; thence west parallel to the north boundary of the south half of said Section 13 to a point 50 feet south of the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 13, thence south to the point of beginning. Provided, however, that no human habitation, cottage, tent, campsite, residence or construction of any kind, either temporary or permanent, shall be hereafter built, set up, or constructed upon any of the above-described lands, unless the person desiring to effect such construction shall first file with the Utilities Department, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the Health Department an application in writing, together with plans and specifications for the proposed construction. Said plans and specifications shall specifically provide: a. for the discharge of all surface drainage from such excepted area into the present Drainage Ditch No. 1 of the Utilities Department, located north of the old right-of-way of the Oklahoma Railway Company; b. all sanitary facilities such as septic tanks shall have their lateral tile drainage field restricted to those areas 660 feet or more from the high-water line of Lake Overholser; c. none of the foregoing construction shall be commenced until the necessary grading to divert surface drainage away from the waters of Lake Overholser has been effected. The sewerage system proposed and approved shall be installed and completed before any improvements on the land shall be occupied or utilized; d. All construction shall be subject to the approval of the Utilities Department of the City, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the Health Department and no construction shall be made until the plans and specifications are approved by said authorities. (5) that portion of the southwest quarter of Section 34, Township 13 North, Range 4 West of the Indian Meridian, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, which lies within 660 feet of the high-water line of Lake Hefner, except the following described tracts or parcels of land in said quarter section: a. beginning at a point on the north property line of the Hefner Canal and the west property line of Lake Hefner Reservation, said point being 660 feet west and approximately 1,766 feet north of the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of said Section 34, Township 13 North, Range 4 West of the Indian Meridian; thence north along the west property line of Lake Hefner Reservation a distance of 250 feet; thence in a southwesterly direction and parallel to the centerline of the Hefner Canal a distance of 450 feet; thence south 250 feet to the north property line of the Hefner Canal; thence in a northeasterly direction along the north property line of the Hefner Canal a distance of 450 feet to the point of beginning, containing 2.26 acres, more or less. b. beginning at a point 300 feet south of the south property line of the Hefner Canal and on the west property line of the Lake Hefner Reservoir, said point being 660 feet west and 1,296 feet north of the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of Section 34, Township 13 North, Range 4 West of the Indian Meridian; thence north 300 feet to the south property line of the Hefner Canal; thence in a southwesterly direction along the south property line of said Hefner Canal a distance of 300 feet; thence in a southeasterly direction a distance of 318 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, containing 0.9 acres, more or less. Provided, however, that no human habitation, cottage, tent, campsite, residence or construction of any kind, either temporary or permanent, shall be hereafter built, set up, or constructed upon any of the above-described land unless the person desiring to effect such construction shall file with the Utilities Department, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the Health Department, an application in writing, together with plans and specifications for the proposed construction, showing that the surface water from the area will adequately be drained away from Lake Hefner and the Hefner Canal and further showing a sewerage system which will adequately protect the waters of Lake Hefner and the Hefner Canal from contamination by sewage from said premises. Construction shall not commence until the plans and specifications therefor shall have been approved in writing by the Utilities Department, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the Health Department, and no construction shall be commenced until the necessary grading and other work to divert surface drainage away from the waters of Lake Hefner and the Hefner Canal has been completed. Access to said land shall not be over or across property owned by the City. The sewerage system proposed and approved shall be installed and completed before any improvements on said land shall be occupied or utilized. (6) that portion of Sections 6, 7 and 18, Township 12 North, Range 4 West of the Indian Meridian in Oklahoma County; also Sections 1, 12 and 13, Township 12 North, Range 5 West of the Indian Meridian in Canadian County in such areas that lie in excess of 200 feet of the high-water line of the Overholser sedimentation basin or 200 feet of any watercourse that discharges directly into the Hefner Canal. Provided that unless the surface drainage is made to drain away from said watercourses that discharges directly into the Hefner Canal, or unless a sanitary sewage system is constructed which discharges into a sewage treatment plant outside the sanitary water district, no human habitation, cottage, tent, campsite, residence or construction of any kind, either temporary or permanent, shall hereafter be built, set up or constructed upon any lands within 660 of the high-water line on the heretofore described sections. All improvements upon the land, including any sewerage system, shall be constructed in accordance with State laws and this Code. It is further provided that the City may construct and maintain structures within prohibited territory as may be necessary in the furtherance and the protection of said reservoirs from contamination and pollution, or for the development of any of the facilities thereof. (7) that portion of Sections 22, 27, 33 and 34, Township 13 North, Range 4 West, and Section 4, Township 12 North, Range 4 West of the Indian Meridian which lies within 660 feet of Lake Hefner or Lake Hefner Canal. Provided however that no human habitation, cottage, tent, campsite, residence or construction of any kind, either temporary or permanent, shall be hereafter built, set up or constructed upon any of the above-described lands, unless the persons, firm or corporation desiring to effect such construction shall first file with the Utilities Department and the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality an application in writing, together with plans and specifications for the proposed construction showing that the surface water from the area upon which construction is proposed to be built or constructed will be drained entirely away from Lake Hefner and Lake Hefner Canal and further specifying a sewerage system which will protect the waters of Lake Hefner and Lake Hefner Canal entirely from contamination by sewage from said premises. Such construction shall not proceed except in accordance with the above-described plans first approved in writing by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the Utilities Department. Neither shall any of the foregoing construction be commenced until the necessary grading to divert surface drainage away from the waters of Lake Hefner and Lake Hefner Canal has been effected and determined by the Utilities Department to comply with the aforementioned approved plans. Furthermore the sewerage system proposed and approved in the aforesaid plans shall be completed before any improvements on the land shall be occupied or utilized and before occupancy said sewerage system shall be determined by the Utilities Department to comply with the approved plans. It is further provided that during all construction any sewage, debris or waste products generated by construction or workers involved in construction shall be deposited in self-contained units with no outlets emptying into or upon the ground and shall be removed from said construction site before disposal. It is further provided that the exception herein contained shall be subject to all applicable provisions of all ordinances. (Code 1970, § 28-16; Code 1980, § 57-32; Ord. No. 23451, § 11, 9-25-07)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-33 Location of factories and slaughterhouses.

§ 57-33. - Location of factories and slaughterhouses. No manufacturing establishment employing more than five persons and no slaughterhouse or rendering establishment shall be located within the water district, unless the construction and manner of operation thereof is first approved in writing by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, the Health Department and the Utilities Department. (Code 1970, § 28-17; Code 1980, § 57-33; Ord. No. 23451, § 11, 9-25-07)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-34 Reporting sickness.

§ 57-34. - Reporting sickness. If sickness of any kind is encountered within the water district by an inspector, or any other City official or employee, or by any person residing on or adjacent to the water district, then such person shall immediately report the sickness to the Health Department which shall promptly take such action as may be required. (Code 1970, § 28-18; Code 1980, § 57-34)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-35 Dead animals.

§ 57-35. - Dead animals. No owner or occupant of property within the water district shall permit the carcass or other part of any dead animal to remain on property under his control within such district. No burials or interments of animals shall be made within the boundaries of said district. (Code 1970, § 28-19; Code 1980, § 57-35)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-36 Oil and gas wells.

§ 57-36. - Oil and gas wells. (a) No oil and/or gas testing or production well shall be drilled within the water district until an application therefor shall first be made to the State Corporation Commission and due notice of a hearing thereof be given to the City, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the Health Department. (b) If after the hearing thereon proper rules and regulations for the drilling and operation of said well have been promulgated by the proper authorities for the purpose of preventing pollution of the water and streams of the state, and protecting the purity of the waters of Lake Overholser, and Lake Hefner, then drilling of the well may commence. (c) In addition to fulfilling all the requirements set forth in Subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the well shall be drilled, operated and maintained in the following manner: (1) surface pipe shall be set at least 50 feet below the lowest freshwater sand likely to be encountered in said area, in order to adequately protect all freshwater strata, and such surface casing shall be cemented from top to bottom. (2) if a cellar is used then it shall be cemented to at least one foot above the ground. (3) the bottoms and walls of all slush pits used in drilling or operating shall be treated with mud or constructed with some impermeable substance. (4) upon the completion of each well, the slush pits shall be filled level with the surface of the ground as soon as practical operation will permit, and debris, oil and basic sediment about the well shall be cleaned up and removed from the water district. (5) all tank batteries and well locations shall be protected with earthen walls or dams constructed so as to prevent the escape of oil, debris, or other substance into any watercourse or drain leading into said reservoirs. (6) no saltwater in any amount shall be stored behind any earthen dam or in any surface pond, and if any well produces saltwater in any amount, then said well shall be immediately shut down and cease to operate until such time as adequate means are had for the disposal of such saltwater, the facilities thereof to be subject to approval of the Utilities Department. (7) as a precaution against spraying of oil due to blowouts or other causes, all derricks shall be completely sheeted before drilling operations commence. (8) all wells shall be equipped with adequate blowout preventers during the full period of drilling operations and during the installation or removal of tubing. (9) during the period of cleaning a well, a metal slush box must be provided sufficiently large to hold oils, sands or basic sediment, or other substances removed from the well or the casing and all of such removed material shall be deposited in said metal slush box and removed by truck from time to time and deposited outside of the water district and drainage areas. (10) all producing wells shall be equipped with tubing properly installed and all production shall be through such tubing. (11) all pipelines conveying oil, gasoline, gas, saltwater, freshwater and mud or other substances shall be installed and operated only after the plans and specifications therefor have been submitted to and approved by the Utilities Department. (Code 1970, § 28-22; Code 1980, § 57-36; Ord. No. 23451, § 11, 9-25-07)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-37 Oil well waste; saltwater.

§ 57-37. - Oil well waste; saltwater. No person shall permit or cause any waste matter from oil or oil wells, or any saltwater or other substance of any nature that would pollute the water of said reservoirs, to flow across, over or under any land in said water district in such a manner that said waste matter, saltwater or other substance will flow into said reservoirs, or into any watercourse or drain that empties into said reservoirs. (Code 1970, § 28-21; Code 1980, § 57-37)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-38 Gas and oil drips.

§ 57-38. - Gas and oil drips. No gasoline drips, pumps, waste oil drips, or drain pipe drips shall be placed or used within the water district. (Code 1970, § 28-20; Code 1980, § 57-38)

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