Section 5G. The department may require by order a city, town, person or district maintaining a water supply to provide and operate such treatment facilities as are in its opinion necessary to insure the delivery of a safe water supply to all consumers. The supreme judicial or the superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce any such order.

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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 111 sec. 5G

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.