Section 41. Certain matters not to be passed into Board sewers and sewage treatment works

(1) Save as otherwise provided in the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (Central Act No. 6 of 1974), relating to discharge and disposal of industrial effluents and other objectionable effluents, no person shall throw, empty, or turn into any Board sewers, any matter that damage or interfere with the free flow of its contents or prejudicial to the health. (2) The Board shall ensure that the sewage or effluent from the Board sewer or any private sewer or drain connecting to the Board sewer are not emitted, discharged, seeped, leaked or otherwise escaped from the Board sewer or any part thereof into a piped water supply, well water supply, a watercourse, ground water or surface water or onto the surface of the ground so as to cause any hazard to health or environment.