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Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Water closets within buildings shall be supplied with water from special tanks or cisterns, which shall hold not less than six gallons, when full to the level of the overflow pipe, for each closet supplied, excepting automatic or siphon-tanks, which shall hold not less than five gallons for each closet supplied. A group of closets may be flushed from one tank, but water closets on different floors must not be flushed from the same tank, except 1 flushimeters, volumeters or similar devices. The water in said tanks must not be used for any other purpose.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 4649. Water closets to be supplied from flushing-tanks - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-53-ps-municipal-and-quasimunicipal-corporations/pa-st-sect-53-4649/
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