Is providing sewer service a non-natural use of land?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Spika v. Port Alberni (City), 2002 BCSC 700 (CanLII):

The provision of storm sewer service is not a non-natural use of land. Nor was there an "escape" of water as required under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher.

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