N.Y. Public Lands Law § 90: Accelerating or impeding flow of mineral waters

§ 90. Accelerating or impeding flow of mineral waters. Pumping, or by

any artificial contrivance whatsoever in any manner accelerating the

natural flow, or producing an unnatural flow of that class of mineral

waters holding in solution natural mineral salts and an excess of

carbonic acid gas from any well made by boring or drilling into the

rock, or pumping, or by any artificial contrivance whatsoever in any

manner accelerating the natural flow or producing an unnatural flow, of

natural carbonic acid gas issuing from or contained in any well made by

boring or drilling into the rock, is hereby declared to be unlawful.

Pumping, or by any artificial contrivance whatsoever in any manner

accelerating the natural flow, or producing an unnatural flow, of that

class of mineral waters holding in solution natural mineral salts and an

excess of carbonic acid gas from any well made by boring or drilling

into the rock, or pumping, or by any artificial contrivance whatsoever

in any manner accelerating the natural flow, or producing an unnatural

flow of, natural carbonic acid gas issuing from or contained in any well

made by boring or drilling into the rock, by reason whereof the natural

flow from any mineral spring or any mineral well belonging to any other

person or corporation, is impeded, retarded, diminished, diverted or

endangered, or the quality of its waters is impaired, or the quantity of

its carbonic acid gas or mineral ingredients diminished, is hereby

declared to be unlawful. Pumping, or otherwise drawing by artificial

appliance from any well made by boring or drilling into the rock, that

class of mineral waters holding in solution natural mineral salts and an

excess of carbonic acid gas, or pumping, or by any artificial

contrivance whatsoever in any manner producing an unnatural flow of,

carbonic acid gas issuing from or contained in any well made by boring

or drilling into the rock, for the purpose of extracting, collecting,

compressing, liquefying or vending such gas as a commodity otherwise

than in connection with the mineral water and the other mineral

ingredients with which it was associated, is hereby declared to be

unlawful. The doing of any act or thing whatsoever whereby the natural

flow from any spring or well of that class of mineral waters holding in

solution natural mineral salts and an excess of carbonic acid gas, is

impeded, retarded, diminished, diverted or endangered, or the quality of

its waters is impaired, or the quantity of its carbonic acid gas or

mineral ingredients diminished, is hereby declared to be unlawful.