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a contract for intercepting sewer will be let in the near 

 future, and it is expected that money will be available for 

 a purification plant. 



BLOOMIXGTOX AXD XORMAL SAXITAEY DISTEICT 



The Bloomington and Xormal Sanitary District was 

 organized in Xovember, 1919. An area of about eight 

 square niiles, includng the two cities from which the dis- 

 trict takes its name, with the exception of about one 

 square mile area which was previously included in a 

 drainage district, is included in the district. Surveys are 

 now being made for an intercepting sewer. 



These districts can be of mutual aid to each other and 

 are co-operating ^\ith the State Water Survey Division 

 in a study of sewage purification in the testing station of 

 the Division. Many other cities which have need of 

 more adequate sewage disposal can with advantage make 

 use of the privileges granted in these acts. 



Discussiox OF Paper by H. B. Hemexway 



This subject is one which interests us all as property 

 o^\Tiers and tax payers. There are certain legal aspects 

 which demand consideration. 



Streams and lakes are the natural source of water 

 supply for our cities. They are also natural outlet for 

 our sewers. The one demands that the purity of the 

 water be j^reserved, and the other naturally causes dan- 

 gerous pollution. 



A city which provides water for its citizens for pay 

 does so, not m its governmental capacity, but as a semi- 

 public corporation. As such it is liable for any damage 

 which may result from impurity of the water sold. So, 

 in Keever v. Mankato (113 Minn. 55) the city was held 

 in damages for the occurrence of typhoid fever, resulting 

 from impurity of its supply. There have been many 

 other similar decisions. 



