Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 2905. Appropriation of streams for water supply;  restriction

Any city or borough desiring to erect waterworks, or to improve its water supply, may, for such purpose, appropriate springs, streams, known as rivers or creeks, lands, easements, and rights of way, whether within its territorial limits or not;  and, for the purpose of conducting water obtained outside of the territorial limits of any city or borough, may lay pipes across, under, and over any lands, rivers, streams, bridges, public highways, and cross railroads:  Provided, That no waters or springs, appropriated under the provisions of this act, shall be used in such manner as to deprive the owner or proprietor thereof of the free use of and enjoyment of the same, at all times, for any domestic, dairy, stock, or farm purposes.