(1) A local authority shall not permit conveying of sewage or any waste water, affluent or filth by any person or persons or cause any of its own drains and sewers to discharge into a stream, channel, water course or lake which is used as a source of water supply or for bathing, washing and other purposes.
(2) Where there is no scope for disposal of sewage into any river, stream, water course or lake, in any inland area, the local authority may discharge and deposit the sewage or refuse in such manner as to make, after settlement, the land suitable for farming purposes.
(3) The Government may use or allow such land to be used either free of charge or on payment of such charges as the Government may fix, for sewage-farming or pisciculture; provided that such land shall not be used for the production of any article of food which is usually consumed raw without cooking or processing.
(4) All sewage farms shall be managed under the direct supervision of an agricultural expert.
Restriction on discharge of trade affluents and waste