Maharashtra Water Resource Regulatory Authority Act 2005.

This Act is enacted to provide for the establishment of the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority.
Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority shall be set up to regulate water resources within the State of Maharashtra, facilitate and ensure judicious, equitable and sustainable management, allocation and utilisation of water resources, fix the rates for use of water for agriculture, industrial, drinking and other purposes. The functions and duties of the Water Resources Regulatory Authority include: (a) to determine the distribution of Entitlements for various Categories of Use and the equitable distribution of Entitlements of water within each Category of Use on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed; (b) to enforce the decision or orders issued under this Act; (c) to determine the priority of equitable distribution of water available at the water resource project, sub-basin and river basin levels during periods of scarcity; (d) to establish a water tariff system, and to fix the criteria for water charges at sub-basin, river basin and State level; etc.