Commonwealth ex rel. Alessandroni v. Confluence Borough

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Cohen,

On May 11, 1961, after hearing, the Sanitary Water Board of the Commonwealth ordered that: “(1) the Borough of Confluence, Somerset County, shall discontinue its discharge of untreated sewage to the Casselman River within 2 years; (2) the Borough of Confluence, Somerset County, shall take immediate steps for the construction of such sewage treatment works as may be necessary for the treatment of its sewage”.1

On August 12, 1963, as a result of the apparent failure of the appellants to comply with the order, the Commonwealth on relation of the Attorney General at the…