(70 ILCS 3705/23a) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 210a)
    Sec. 23a. Every public water district organized under this Act is authorized to acquire by purchase or condemnation, or to construct, and to maintain and operate sewerage properties in combination with its waterworks properties. The power granted to public water districts by this section shall be applicable regardless of whether such district lies in whole or in part within the territory encompassed by any Sanitary District.
(Source: Laws 1951, p. 1615.)