Watercourses and Waterworks Regulations (Chapter 185).

These Regulations, made under the section 10 of the Watercourses and Waterworks Act, concern supply by the Water Board of water to a consumer for domestic purposes or any other purpose in accordance with the Watercourses and Waterworks Act. Upon application being approved, the Board shall connect the water service to the premises or permit the same to be connected under its supervision. The Board shall have the right to require that any water supply connected to the distribution main shall be metered and all meters shall be provided by and be under the sole control of the Board. Without prejudice to the payment of water rates the Board may regulate or suspend the supply of water to any premises in the event of drought. The Regulations also provide for the control of standpipes to prevent waste of water and the protection of watercourses by empowering the Board to cut vegetation or to prohibit prohibit the cultivation of any land or the depasturing or grazing of any livestock near watercourses.