Water and Sewerage (Water-Related Emergency) (Declaration) Order, Statutory Instrument no. 75 of 2020.

This Order, made by the Minister responsible for agriculture under section 10(1) of the Water and Sewerage Act, Cap. 9.03, declares a water-related emergency, after the advice of the Water Resource Management Agency that an exceptional shortage of rain may cause a serious deficiency of supplies of water. According to the Order, any person must not use, under liability on summary conviction to a fine, water supplies by or obtained from the pipes of the Water and Sewerage Company for the following activities: washing of a vehicle using a hose; watering of a lawn, hedge, garden, farm, ground and recreational field; pressure-washing of a house using a hose or watering or washing a roadway, pavement, path, garage or out-room; concrete mixing and block-making; fill a leaking or an overflowing storage tank and a swimming pool; raw water abstraction from the Water and Sewerage Company infrastructure; any other activity which may require the use of a considerable or excessive quantity of water.