Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1989 (Act No. 15 of 1989).
Country
Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Abstract
This Act, consisting of 120 sections divided into six Chapters and completed by three Schedules, makes provision for Water Supply, Sewerage and Sewerage Treatment in the Hyderabad Metropolitan area and for related matters. The Government shall constitute the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board. It shall be the duty of the Board to provide for: a) Supply of Potable water, including, planning, design, construction, maintenance, operation and management of water supply system; and b) Sewerage, sewage disposal and sewage treatment works including planning, design, construction, maintenance, operation and management of all sewerage and sewage treatment works in the Hyderabad Metropolitan area. For carrying on its operation, the Board shall levy rates, fees, tariffs, rentals, deposits, contributions and other charges, and may vary such rates, fees, tariffs, rentals, deposits, contributions and other charges.
All public reservoirs, tanks, cisterns, fountains, wells, and bore wells, pumps, pipes, taps, conduits and other works connected with the supply of water to the Hyderabad Metropolitan area, including the headworks, reservoirs and the rising mains, and all bridges, building, machinery, works materials and other things connected therewith and all land (not being private property) adjacent and appertaining to the same, shall vest in the Board and be subject to its control. The Board may construct, lay, or erect filtration plants, reservoirs, machinery, conduits, pipes, or other works in any place in the state for supplying the Hyderabad Metropolitan area with water, and may provide, tanks, reservoirs, machinery, mains, fountains and other conveniences within the Hyderabad metropolitan area for the use of the inhabitants. The Public Health Engineer in charge of water supply may, on application by the owner or occupier of any building, arrange, in accordance with the rules and regulation, to supply water thereto for domestic consumption and use.
All public reservoirs, tanks, cisterns, fountains, wells, and bore wells, pumps, pipes, taps, conduits and other works connected with the supply of water to the Hyderabad Metropolitan area, including the headworks, reservoirs and the rising mains, and all bridges, building, machinery, works materials and other things connected therewith and all land (not being private property) adjacent and appertaining to the same, shall vest in the Board and be subject to its control. The Board may construct, lay, or erect filtration plants, reservoirs, machinery, conduits, pipes, or other works in any place in the state for supplying the Hyderabad Metropolitan area with water, and may provide, tanks, reservoirs, machinery, mains, fountains and other conveniences within the Hyderabad metropolitan area for the use of the inhabitants. The Public Health Engineer in charge of water supply may, on application by the owner or occupier of any building, arrange, in accordance with the rules and regulation, to supply water thereto for domestic consumption and use.
Attached files
Web site
Long title of text
An act to make provision for Water Supply, Sewerage and Sewerage Treatment in the Hyderabad Metropolitan area and for matters connected therewith.
Notes
Last amendments appended up to Act No. 28 of 2007.Section 2, 3, 4 ,5 ,6 and 7, of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply (Validation of Water Rates and Service Charges) Act 1988, shall be omitted.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No