Water, Polluting or Damaging Works, Penalty.
Milwaukee City Charter § 14-15
in effect14-15. Water, Polluting or Damaging Works, Penalty.
Any person who shall willfully pollute or otherwise injure any water supplied by the said water works, in any tunnel, aqueduct, reservoir, pipe or other thing, or shall willfully injure the said water works or any building, machinery or fixtures appertaining thereto, or shall willfully, and without authority of the said commissioner, impede or derange the flow of water in any tunnel, aqueduct, pipe or other thing belonging to the said water works, or shall willfully and without authority of the said commissioner bore or otherwise cause to leak, any tunnel, aqueduct, reservoir, pipe or other thing used in the said water works for holding, conveying or distributing water, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. (S. 13, Subch. 10, Ch. 184, L. 1874.)
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/City-Charter/CH14.pdf#page=4Fetched: 10/26/2026