Definitions

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, -

1. (a) “industrial concern” means a person or a body of persons, whether incorporated or not, engaged in the manufacture of any commodity with or without the aid of mechanical power;
2. (b) “natural source of supply” means a river or a stream flowing in natural channels or a spring and any lake or other natural collection of still water;
3. (c) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
4. (d) “private water-work” means a water-work whic is not the property of the [Government;]¹
5. (e) “water-work” means a work constructed or main tained for the supply or storage of water which is or is capable of being used for industrial or urban purposes and includes wells, pumps reservoirs, cisterns, tanks, aqueducts, conduits, cuts, sluices, filter beds, mains, pipes, hydrants, culverts, engines, and all machinery, lands buildings and things for supplying or used fo supplying water.