Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 14463. Proceedings to remove or abate cause;  payment of expense;  lien;  costs

In order to carry out the provisions of the foregoing section,  1 the said board   2 is hereby authorized and directed to notify, or cause to be notified, every person or corporation upon whose property or in connection with whose business said contamination exists or has its origin, which is found by said board to pollute the water supplied, as aforesaid, and is thereby a nuisance, to remove or abate the same within a reasonable time, to be stated in said notice.  Should the party notified fail to comply with the requirements of said notice, the said nuisance shall be abated by the local board of health, if there be one, under the direction of the said state board, immediately upon the expiration of the time fixed by said notice.  If, however, the local board should neglect or refuse to act with due diligence, or if no such local board should exist, then the said state board shall cause said nuisance to be abated.  All expenses incidental to the abatement of said nuisance shall be charged against the owner or owners of the premises whereon such nuisance exists, and a lien may be filed for the work done and materials furnished against said premises.  In case of any legal proceedings under this act, the costs shall be ascertained and the liability therefor determined by and made part of the judgment or decree of the court in each case.