WATER RESOURCES

CHAPTER 72:03
WATER RESOURCES

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Application of the Act

    4.    Objectives

    5.    Water vested in the State

    6.    Public ownership of beds and banks of watercourses and lakes and of adjacent land strips

    7.    Powers and duties of the Minister

PART II
NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITY

    8.    Establishment of the Authority

    9.    Disclosure of interest

    10.    Powers and functions of the Authority

    11.    Committees of the Authority

    12.    Invited persons

    13.    Regional offices

    14.    Staff of the Authority

    15.    Delegation of powers and functions

    16.    Water resources investigation

    17.    Authority’s powers to require records, etc.

    18.    National monitoring of, and information on, water resources management

    19.    Sources of funds

    20.    Application of revenue from permit charges and licence fees

    21.    Investment powers of the Authority

    22.    Financial year of the Authority

    23.    Annual reports

    24.    Progress reports

PART III
CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES

    25.    Catchment areas

    26.    Establishment of catchment management committees

    27.    Procedure for establishment of catchment management committees

    28.    Composition of a catchment management committee

    29.    Functions of catchment management committees

    30.    Authority to assist catchment management committees

    31.    Funding and auditing of activities of operational catchment management committees

    32.    Catchment management strategy

    33.    Sensitization of users of watercourses on protection and management of watercourses and other bodies

PART IV
NATIONAL WATER POLICY AND NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES MASTER PLAN

    34.    National Water Policy

    35.    National Water Resources Master Plan

    36.    Action Plan to be adhered to

PART V
WATER ABSTRACTION AND USE

    37.    Reservation of water resource

    38.    Abstraction of water for domestic use, use of groundwater, and rainwater harvesting

    39.    Abstraction and use of water subject to licence

    40.    Application for licence

    41.    Criteria for issuing a licence

    42.    Contents of the licence

    43.    Terms and conditions of licence

    44.    Reference of licences to other authorities

    45.    Exemption of works

    46.    Issue of temporary licence

    47.    Licence conditional on inspection of works

    48.    Licensee to inform Authority of change of location of water use

    49.    Variation of a licence owing to change in circumstances, etc.

    50.    Cancellation of a licence

    51.    Cancellation or variation of a licence for a public purpose

    52.    Variation of licence following change in flows

    53.    Variation of a licence at request of licensee

    54.    Effects of expiry or cancellation of a licence to abstract and use water

    55.    Lease of licence to abstract and use water

    56.    Succession to a licence to abstract and use water

    57.    Abandonment of permitted or licensed activities

    58.    Surrender of licence

    59.    Register of licences

    60.    Combined licence to abstract and use water and to discharge effluent

    61.    Duration of a licence to abstract and use water

    62.    Renewal of a licence to abstract and use water

    63.    Right to transfer saved water

    64.    Easements for works

    65.    Emergency powers in case of shortage of water

PART VI
CONTROL AND PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER

    66.    Groundwater conservation areas

    67.    Issuing of licence not guarantee to supply of water

    68.    Permit to drill a borehole or to engage in borehole drilling programme for groundwater exploration

    69.    Submission of records

    70.    Tests on neighbouring boreholes

    71.    Contractor deemed to be constructor

    72.    Records may be required to be treated as confidential

    73.    Waste of groundwater

    74.    Contamination and pollution of groundwater

    75.    Authority may order special measures to safeguard ground-water resources

    76.    Artesian boreholes to be cased

    77.    Defective boreholes

    78.    Interference with defective borehole, etc.

    79.    Application to carry out work on a defective borehole

    80.    Instructions to deal with defective borehole

    81.    Authority may inspect borehole

    82.    Sworn statements to be submitted

    83.    Additional work on defective borehole

    84.    Licensing of borehole drillers and constructors

PART VII
PROTECTED AREAS AND CONTROLLED ACTIVITIES

    85.    Protected areas

    86.    Controlled areas in relation to drought

    87.    Controlled activities

PART VIII
PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION

    88.    Prohibition of pollution

    89.    Pollution of water resources from an activity or process

    90.    Declaration of prohibited substances by the Authority

    91.    Standards of effluent quality

    92.    Application for effluent discharge permit

    93.    Contents of the permit

    94.    Terms and conditions of a discharge permit

    95.    Reference of permits to other authorities

    96.    Duration of…