17-1101 - Existing rights and remedies preserved.

§ 17-1101. Existing rights and remedies preserved.    It  is  the purpose of titles 1 to 11, inclusive, and title 19 of this  article to provide additional  and  cumulative  remedies  to  abate  the  pollution  of the waters of the state and nothing herein contained shall  abridge or alter rights of action or remedies now or hereafter existing,  nor shall any such  provisions  or  any  act  done  by  virtue  of  such  provisions,   be   construed   as   estopping   the  state,  persons  or  municipalities, as riparian owners or  otherwise,  in  the  exercise  of  their  rights  to  suppress  nuisances  or to abate any pollution now or  hereafter existing.