# Environment (GEN)

## Title 9. Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities

### Subtitle 5. County Water and Sewerage Plans

#### Section 9-513

In Baltimore County or Carroll County, the county approving authority may grant an exception to the county plan that allows a person to install an individual water supply system or an individual sewerage system for an individual residence if the Secretary or a designee of the Secretary:

(1) Finds that this exception to the county plan is justified and necessary to alleviate extreme hardship; and

(2) Approves the exception to the county plan.

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Md. Code Ann., Envir. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)