If any populated area outside the boundary of any municipality is situated so that the sewage of the populated area becomes, or may become, a menace to the residents of the populated area or to the residents of any municipality adjacent to the populated area, the populated area may be incorporated as a sanitary district as provided in this chapter.

Source: SL 1947, ch 226 , § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.3801; SDCL § 34-17-1; SL 1992, ch 60 , § 2; SL 2011, ch 165 , § 85.