HIMACHAL PRADESH WATER SUPPLY ACT, 1968.

This Act is enacted provide for the development, control and management of the water supply works in rural and urban areas of Himachal Pradesh.
The State Government may, from time to time, initiate drinking water supply schemes for the benefit of the public in rural and urban areas in Himachal Pradesh and may also maintain and improve the existing water supplies. The State Government shall spend the entire amount on all the schemes and on the improvement of the existing water supplies in Himachal Pradesh and shall recover from the beneficiaries or consumers in the manner as provided in Section 4: (a) 25 pre cent of the capital cost and interest thereon in respect of urban water supply schemes ; (b) 12½ percent of the capital cost and the interest thereon in respect of rural water supply schemes. The cost of maintenance and replacement of water supply scheme shall also be recovered by the State Government from the beneficiaries or consumers. All schemes taken over by beneficiaries shall be subject to the general superintendence and control of the State Government and the working of the scheme shall be liable to periodical inspection by an agency of the State Government in the prescribed manner.
The Act further makes provisions for: levy of water rates, liability of consumer, offences, rights of Municipal Committee, etc.