Goa Sewerage System and Sanitation Services Management Act, 2008 (Goa Act No. 14 of 2009).

This Act provides for management of sewerage system and sanitation services for the consumers in the State of Goa. It establishes that these activities shall be managed and controlled by the Public Works Department of the Government (PWD), whenever and wherever such facilities are operational and developed by the PWD in accordance with the provisions of this Act and rules framed thereunder. Any consumer intending to avail the facility of sewerage system or use of sanitation services managed by the PWD, shall make an application in writing to prescribed authority for grant of authorization and pay a fee as prescribed. The PWD may, subject to prior approval of the Government and the Technical Committee, take-over the sewerage and sanitation facilities developed by municipal councils, corporations, panchayats, autonomous bodies, industrial estates, Government undertakings, private developers or charitable institutions etc., constructive and overall development of sewerage system and sanitation services in the State and it’s management.