Water Power Act, 1927.

This Act provides for the use of any public water for obtaining energy or for mining operations. In this Act, the term “public water” shall mean a collection of water which is not the subject of private property exclusively, situate on, or flowing over or to, any land to which the State has any title in possession or in future, or in respect of which the Government has a right to use water for obtaining energy or for mining purposes.
The President of the Union may make rules - (a) prescribing licences for the use of any public water or of public, waters in any local area for obtaining energy or for mining operations; (b) authorizing officers to make exemptions from the operation of such rules; (c) prescribing the officers by whom, the circumstances in which, and the conditions subject to which, licences under this Act shall or may be granted, including provision for the payment of royalty or rent; (d) prescribing the procedure for granting such licences, and the fees payable for the issue thereof. When rules made under this Act prescribe licences for the use of any public water for obtaining energy or for mining operations, no person shall use, or attempt to use, any such water for any such purpose, or pollute or obstruct the flow of any such water, or discharge therein any mining refuse, except under and in accordance with the terms of such licence or any grant, lease, or licence from the President of the Union of, or in respect of, any land.