Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 5176. Garbage disposal

For the purpose and within the meaning of this act,  1 the following definitions shall obtain:

“Adequate provision for drainage” means closed or covered drains leading from floors, depositories of garbage, refuse or waste into a cesspool or cesspools, sewer and treatment works.

“Adequate water supply” means a head and source of water of sufficient force, pressure and volume, when directly applied, to completely flush out and clean all floors, drains, receptacles, depositories, equipment and implements used in the conduct of a garbage disposal plant, as often as may be necessary to keep the same clean and sanitary at all times.

“Cesspool” means a hole dug below the surface of the ground adequate to dispose of all liquids emanating from a garbage disposal plant, with a device for absolutely sealing such cesspool at the top.

“Garbage” means the animal or vegetable refuse from the storage, vending, transportation, sale, preparation or use of foodstuffs, such as meats, fish, fowl, fruits or vegetables, or any other organic substance or substances subject to fermentation or decay.

“Garbage disposal plant” means any place where garbage is dumped, spread, mixed, stored, incinerated, reduced, treated, buried, or otherwise disposed of.

“Impervious material” means any material which shall make and maintain the floors, depositories of garbage and waste at all times absolutely water-tight and easily cleaned.

“Municipality” means any county, city, borough or township.

“Person” includes masculine and feminine, and any firm, copartnership, institution, association or corporation, excepting municipal and quasi-municipal corporations, and any agent, servant, assistant, employe, or representative thereof.

“Waters of the Commonwealth” means all streams and springs and all bodies of surface and of ground water, whether natural or artificial, seasonal or constant, within the boundaries of the Commonwealth.