Louisiana § 14:58 Contaminating water supplies

Louisiana Statutes

§ 14:58 — Contaminating water supplies

Louisiana § 14:58

Title 14Criminal Law

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La. Stat. Ann. § 14:58 (2026).

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A. Contaminating water supplies is the intentional performance of any act tending to contaminate any private or public water supply. B.

(1)Whoever commits the crime of contaminating water supplies, when the act foreseeably endangers the life or health of human beings, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than twenty years, or both.

(2)Whoever commits the crime of contaminating water supplies, when the act does not foreseeably endanger the life or health of human beings, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.

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A. Contaminating water supplies is the intentional performance of any act tending to contaminate any private or public water supply.
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of contaminating water supplies, when the act foreseeably endangers the life or health of human beings, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than twenty years, or both.
(2) Whoever commits the crime of contaminating water supplies, when the act does not foreseeably endanger the life or health of human beings, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.