Water and Sewerage Corporation Act (Cap. 196).

The Act consists of 41 sections divided into 7 Parts: Preliminary (I); Establishment of Water and Sewerage Corporation (II); Financial provisions (III); Transfer of Corporation of Government Installations (IV); Water-supply (V); Sewerage (VI); Miscellaneous (VII).
Section 3 declares water to be national resource of the Commonwealth and all private rights in water subject to the superior right of the Government to control and administer the marketing, production, extraction and use of water in the public interest. The Corporation shall control and ensure optimum development and use of water resources in the Bahamas and provide adequate supplies of water suitable domestic use, livestock, irrigation, etc., and provide adequate facilities for drainage and disposal of sewage. The Water and Sewerage Corporation is established under section 4. Powers of the Corporation are described in section 6. Sections 19 and 20 concern the supply of water by the Corporation under existing relationships, whereas section 21 concerns the connection of new premises. Sections 27 to 34 lay down rules for the discharge of waste water and use of the sewage system.