(1) On and from the date of commencement of this chapter, all public sewers and other sewers and sewerage disposal works and other sewerage works, materials and things appertaining thereto within or outside the Hyderabad Metropolitan area, shall vest in the Board, and be subject to its control.
(2) All the public and other sewers which are vested in the Board are hereafter in this Act referred to as Board sewers.
(3) For the purposes of enlarging, deepening or otherwise repairing or maintaining any such sewer or sewerage disposal work, so much of the subsoil Vesting of sewerage and sewage treatment works.
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(4) All sewers and ventilation-shafts, pipes and all appliances and fittings connected with the sewerage works constructed, erected or set-up whether,-
(a) before or after the commencement of this Act; and
(b) for the use of the owner or occupier of such premises or not, shall vest in the Board.
(5) All sewerage house connections, including those of owners or occupiers of domestic, commercial, industrial, trade or business whether within or without the premises to which they belong, with the Board sewers shall be under the control of the Board, but shall be altered, repaired and kept in proper, order at the expense of the owner or occupier to which they belong, or for the use of which they were constructed and in conformity with the regulations made in that behalf.
54. Save as otherwise provided in the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, relating to discharge and disposal of industrial effluents and other objectionable effluents, no person shall throw, empty, or turn into any Board sewers, referred to in section 53,-
(a) any matter likely to damage or interfere with the free maintenance or execution or otherwise to effect prejudicially the progress of work; or
(b) any roof water pipe; or Certain matters not to be passed into Board sewers and sewage treatment works.
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(c) any chemical, refuse or waste water or steam or any other industrial effluent from any type of industry, trade and business which may cause danger or nuisance or may be prejudicial to the health; or
(d) any dangerous petroleum or petroleum products.
Explanation: In this section the expression “dangerous petroleum” has the same meaning as assigned to it in the Petroleum Act, 1934.
55. Every occupier of both domestic and non-domestic premises shall pay to the Board at the rate not exceeding thirty five percent of the bill charging for the water consumed or at such rate as may be prescribed by rules, to defray the capital cost of sewerage and sewage treatment works undertaken by the Board and the operation and maintenance of the sewerage system from time to time:
Provided that no such charges shall be levied in any premises situated in the areas which are not served by the sewerage system of the Board.