12-626.   Construction of pumping stations.Whenever, in the judgment of the governing body of any city in the stateof Kansas, in the construction, maintenance and operation of its sewersystem, whether it be a part of its sanitary sewer system, storm sewersystem, or a combination of both, that on account of elevation, dike, orany other reason, it is impracticable, or too expensive, to excavate inconnection with such sewer or intercepting sewer with another sewerdistrict, or intercepting sewer, or in order to provide an outlet of anykind for the sewage of such sewer or intercepting sewer district, whethersuch sewers be sanitary sewers, storm sewers, or a combination of both, thegoverning body of such city is hereby empowered to construct a pumpingstation for the purpose of pumping such sewage of such sewer orintercepting sewer to some other sewer district in said city over anyelevation, dike or other obstruction in order to conduct the sewage thereofto a point of outlet, whether such outlet be an intercepting sewer, anothermain sewer district, a sewage disposal plant, or a stream.

      History:   L. 1915, ch. 129, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 12-626; L. 1945, ch. 94, § 1;March 30.