# Environment (GEN)

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

### Subtitle 9. Water and Sewer Authorities

#### Section 9-947

If the sewage or other waste that a manufacturing, commercial, or industrial plant or other building or premises discharges into a sewerage system is, because of its character, an unreasonable burden on the sewerage system, the authority that owns, operates, or maintains the sewerage system may:

(1) Impose an additional charge on the owner, tenant, or occupant of the plant, building, or premises; or

(2) Require the owner, tenant, or occupant of the plant, building, or premises, before it discharges its sewage or other waste, to treat the sewage or waste in a manner that the authority determines.

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