The Mongol code of Yassa was an oral law declared by Genghis Khan. They seem to be a bit extreme, you can read more on the wiki page. Water was sacred and polluting it was very bad.

But death for peeing in the water?

We I have to say, if someone peed in water I was about to drink, I might not put them to death, but I would sure beat the crap out of them

Yassa