250 - Purpose.

§ 250. Purpose. The board of supervisors of each county may establish,  consolidate,  or  extend  county  water, water quality treatment, sewer,  wastewater disposal, drainage or refuse districts (hereinafter  referred  to  in  this  article  as  the  "district")  in  the  manner hereinafter  provided:    1. For the purpose of developing or acquiring a supply  of  water  for  (a)   wholesale  distribution  to  other  municipalities,  districts  or  persons, corporate or otherwise, within the county water  district,  (b)  retail  distribution,  except  as hereinafter provided, or (c) both such  wholesale and retail distribution;    * 1-a. For the purpose of (a) procuring by purchase,  lease  or  other  means  and  installing  water  quality  treatment  units  or devices, if  required; providing periodic testing and monitoring of raw and  finished  water  from  private  wells  in  the  district;  monitoring,  modifying,  repairing, replacing,  operation  and  maintenance,  regenerating  water  quality  treatment  units  and  devices  and  the  administering  of the  treatment and disposal of residuals generated in the  operation  of  the  district  pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the public health  council under section two hundred twenty-five of the public health  law;  (b) assisting local, state and federal agencies and officials in efforts  to  establish causes of, and implement remedial measures to reduce water  contamination and protect future water resources  within  the  district;  (c) conduct public meetings and issue an annual public report to members  of  the  district on the operation, financial position and water quality  condition of said district; provided, however, that with respect to  any  town  in  the county the board of supervisors shall first determine that  such district or service will not be established  or  provided  by  such  town.    * NB Effective until December 1, 2010    * 1-a.  For  the  purpose of (a) procuring by purchase, lease or other  means and installing  water  quality  treatment  units  or  devices,  if  required;  providing periodic testing and monitoring of raw and finished  water  from  private  wells  in  the  district;  monitoring,  modifying,  repairing,  replacing,  operation  and  maintenance,  regenerating water  quality treatment  units  and  devices  and  the  administering  of  the  treatment  and  disposal  of residuals generated in the operation of the  district pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the public  health  and health planning council under section two hundred twenty-five of the  public  health  law; (b) assisting local, state and federal agencies and  officials in efforts to establish  causes  of,  and  implement  remedial  measures   to  reduce  water  contamination  and  protect  future  water  resources within the district; (c) conduct public meetings and issue  an  annual  public  report  to  members  of  the  district on the operation,  financial  position  and  water  quality  condition  of  said  district;  provided, however, that with respect to any town in the county the board  of  supervisors shall first determine that such district or service will  not be established or provided by such town.    * NB Effective December 1, 2010    2. For the purpose of (a) the conveyance from other municipalities and  districts within the  county  of  sewage,  and  treatment  and  disposal  thereof,  (b)  collection,  except  as hereinafter provided, or (c) both  such conveyance and such collection;    3.  For  the  purpose  of  administration  and   planning   (including  educational     programs),     design,    installation,    construction,  rehabilitation,  replacement,  operation  and   maintenance   (including  pumping  and  inspections),  monitoring, residual treatment and disposal  and regulation of private on-site wastewater disposal  systems  of  such  district;4. For the purpose of drainage of storm water and other waters, either  surface or subsurface, within the county;    4-a.  For the purpose of effecting lake protection and rehabilitation,  and any activities necessarily related thereto.    5. For the purpose of  the  collection  and  disposition  of  garbage,  ashes, rubbish and other waste matter within the county.    6.  A county district established hereunder may consist of two or more  noncontiguous areas in which  the  water,  sewer,  wastewater  disposal,  drainage  or  refuse  system (hereinafter referred to in this article as  the "system") will  be  interrelated  and  interdependent,  however,  in  Suffolk  county  the  term  "interrelated  and  interdependent" shall be  deemed to mean that the noncontiguous areas must be  within  the  county  and  have  the  same  administrative  head.  However,  a  water  quality  treatment district established hereunder may consist of noncontiguous or  contiguous benefited parcels of property  and  shall  be  created  by  a  resolution  of  the  county  board of supervisors, upon petition after a  public hearing.    7. Except in the county  of  Suffolk,  no  county  district  shall  be  established hereunder which shall consist wholly of territory within one  city, within one village or within that portion of one town outside of a  village.    8.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law a sewer district may  also exercise all the powers of a wastewater disposal  district  if  the  map  and  plan  prepared  pursuant to section two hundred fifty-three of  this chapter, or amended pursuant to section two  hundred  fifty-three-b  of this chapter, includes on-site wastewater disposal systems.