Malaysia legislation
Section 39
Section 39
(1)
It shall be the duty of every local authority to take all lawful, necessary and reasonably practicable measures for preventing any pollution dangerous to health of any water supply other than a piped water supply supplied by any public authority or any department of Government which any person in its area has a right to use and does use for drinking or domestic purposes or in the manufacture or preparation of food or drink
(whether such supply is derived from sources within or beyond its area); and to take measures (including, if necessary, proceedings at law) against any person so polluting any such supply that it becomes a nuisance or prejudicial to health.
(2)
The Director may-
(a)
by notice to the local authority, define minimum standards of purity and freedom from pollution of any water supply to which subsection
(1)
of this section relates; and
(b)
by notice to the local authority or by order to the owner of such supply require such local authority or such owner to supply him with samples of any water supply to which subsection (1) of this section relates.
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(3)
Any person failing to comply with an order by the Director under paragraph
(b)
of subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand ringgit.
Piped water supplies.