Chapter 479. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE MASHPEE WATER DISTRICT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 2 of chapter 136 of the acts of 1987 is hereby amended by striking out clause (b), as amended by chapter 73 of the acts of 1991, and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-
(b) may take by eminent domain under the provisions of chapter seventy-nine or chapter eighty A of the General Laws, or acquire, by lease, purchase, gift, or otherwise, and hold, the waters, or any portion thereof, of any pond, spring or stream, or of any groundwater sources of supply by means of driven, artesian or other wells, within the territorial limits of the town of Mashpee, or towns adjoining thereto, not already appropriated for the purpose of a public water supply by another governmental body, and the water and flowage rights connected with any such water sources; may take as aforesaid, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights-of-way and other easements necessary for collecting,
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storing, holding, purifying and preserving the purity of the water and for conveying the same to any part of the district; provided, however, that the location and arrangement of dams, reservoirs, springs, wells, pumping, purification and filtration plants and such other works as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be subject to the approval of the department of environmental protection or any successor state agency; provided, however, that the provisions of section five C of said chapter seventy-nine shall not apply to the Mashpee Water District with respect to the taking of easements in private roads for purposes of laying and maintaining water pipes, but shall be applicable to any and all land takings.
Approved January 9, 1997.