Provision of woter ond collection of toriff

(l) Provision of Woter: (o) The deportment sholl on on opplicotion mode to it by the owner of ony premises or by the occupierwith the consent in writing ofthe ownerthereof, gront supply of woter for domestic purposes under this Act excepl the following, nomely:- (i) for ony trade, monufacture or business; (ii) for gordens or for purposes of irrigotion; (iii) for building purposes including construction ond wotering of roads or streets; (iv) for public both or tonks or for ony ornomentol or mechonicol purpose5 (v) for onimols where they ore kept for sole or hire or for the sole of thet produce or ony preporotion therefrom; (b) No person sholl use or be ollowed to use woter supply for ony purpose other thon domestic purpose except with the previous opprovol of the competent outhority. (c) No person sholl, without the permission of the competent outhority moke or couse to be mode ony connection with the Government moin pipeline. (d) Notwithstonding onything contoined in ony other low for the time being in force or ony deed executed under this Act or rules mode thereunder, the Government or its officers ond employees sholl not be lioble for ony domoge or penolty for, discontinuing the supply of woter or foilure to supply woter to ony person or to ony oreo if the couse of such loilure is beyond the control ol the Government, its oflicers ond employees. 26 (2) Procedure for woter connection- (l) Applicotion lor woter connection (o) An opplicotion for woter supply connection from the Government Moin sholl be mode in Form W/S - I by duly filling in oll the requisite informotion sought therein. (b) Applicotion Forms con be hod during office hours from the office of the Executive Engineer, Public Heolth Engineering & Woter Supply Division, on poyment of { l0 (rupees ten) only (c) The duly filled up Applicotion Form should be submitted olong with the Site plon in the office of the Executive Engineer, Public Heolth Engineering & Woter Supply Division showing lollowing detoils. (i) All units, such os Kitchen, out house, etc (not oltoched to the building) where woter is proposed to be token. (ii) All roods, footpoth ond droins to be crossed by the consumer line. (ll) Approvol for Woter Supply Connection:- (o) After the receipt of the opplicotion, the Deportment sholl prepore o Doto Sheet in Form W/S-ll ond moke necessory corrections in site plon, verify doto ond corry out other necessory scrutiny of the opplicotion. (b) The CompetentAuthority shollthereolter opprove the connection point, method of the connection, connection fees to be poid by opplicont , woter tox ond/ or woter chorges if he is sotisfied thot the doto os sought-for in the Applicotion Form ond other procedures hove been correctly obided ond met by the opplicont. (3) lntimotion to opplicont lor moking Poyment {or Water Connection :- The opplicont sholl, thereofter, be informed through on intimotion letter in duplicote in Form WS -lll indicoting omount of connection fee ond other chorges os moy be opplicoble. The opplicont sholl, thereofter, return the originol Form duly signed, olong with the Bonk Receipt for the omount poid os cost ol the Form. 27 (4) Gront of Permission:- Consequent upon poyment of the required omount bythe opplicont under sub-clouse (b) ofclouse (ll) of section 3, the competent outhority sholl issue o letter in Form WS-lV permitting the connedion of consumer's moin from the Government moin os per the procedures stipuloted under the provisions of the Act ond os per the directions communicoted to the opplicont. (5) Method of Loying of Consumer Pipelines:- (o) The connection sholl be provided to the ground floor or ony other floor below the ground floor of ony building. For li{ting of woter to higher levels, the owner sholl moke his own orrongement with prior opprovol of the competent outhority. (b) All pipes ond fittings including meters, pumps, tonks ond occessories sholl be of opproved lndion Stondord lnstitute specificotion. (c) Pipe must be buried minimum one foot underground in oll coses. They con be exposed obove ground, provided underground conceoling is not possible for which the prior opprovol of the deportment sholl be obtoined. (d) All pipe loy outs should be in geometricol form ond should present oesthetic look. (e) Sizes of pipes ond tops in oll coses sholl be holf inch ( l5mm) in dio unless otherwise opproved by the Deportment in writing. ({) No pipe sholl be loid odjocent to sewer lines or droins unless the pipe is encosed inside Cement Concrete or Reinforced Cement Concrete beom ond is opproved by the Deportment. (g) All the connections sholl be corried out by Licensed/ designoted Deportment plumbers only. (6) Supply of Woter to Government Agencies, etc : (i) Where the Deportment ogrees to supply bulk woter or ony quontity of woter to Government ogencies, institutions, or Defense orgonizotions, such Government ogencies, institutions or defense orgonizotion shqll Iurnish oll the relevont detoils os moy be sought by the deportment prior to opprovol ond provide oll such informotion in monners stipuloted under sub-section (2) ond ollotment of fund. 28 (ii) ln cose the Deportment hos to mointoin the Woter Supply of the obove mentioned consumer/porties, the mointenonce cost ossessed by the Deportment sholl be finol ond sholl be borne by the consumer/porties wherever opplicoble. (7) LicensedPlumbers:- (i) The Superintending Engineel hoving iurisdiction over the oreo, on recommendotion of Executive Engineers, sholl oppoint the plumbers from omongst the existing Work Chorged fitters or cosuol lobourers bosed on their performonce, sincerity, bosic procticol knowledge in the field of fitting ond fixing of pipes ond fixtures ond issue license occordingly. (ii) No person other thon o licensed plumber oppointed by the competent outhority or person duly outhorized by it sholl execute ony work reloting to o woter connection, not being o work of o triviol noture ond no person sholl permit ony such work to be executed by o person other thon such o person. (iii) No licensed plumber sholl controvene ony of the specificotions or stondords reloting to execution of such works provided in the Act or specified by the competent outhority or execute such works using sub-stondord moteriols, opplionces or f ittings. (iv) Where ony such work is executed in controvention of sub- clouses (ii) ond (iii), such connection is lioble to be refused or disconnected. (v) No licensed plumber sholl demond or receive ony exlro chorge for ony such work in excess of the estimoted cost opproved by the competent outhority ond the omount deposited to the Executive Engineer. (vi) lf ony licensed plumber executes ony such works in controvention of provision of this section or regulotions, his license sholl be suspended or concelled irrespective of whether ony criminol proceeding is token ogoinst him or not. (vii) Comploint ogoinst ony licensed plumber to the competent outhority, regording violotion of the provisions of this Act, sholl be filed belore the Executive Engineer, within thirty doys, from the dote of notice of the violotion. 29 (viii) Executive Engineer sholl dispose of the compliont refened to in sub-clouse (vii) within thirty doys from the dote of receipt. (ix) Any person oggrieved by the orders of the Executive Engineer, under the foregoing sub-clouse moy oppeol to the Superintending Engineer, hoving jurisdiction over the oreo ond he sholl dispose of the oppeol ofter offording o reosonoble opportunity of being heord to the person concerned. His decision thereon sholl be finol. (x) Whoever, being o licensed Plumber, controvenes sub clouses (iii) ond (v) of sub-section (7) o{ section 3, sholl be punishoble with imprisonment for o term which moy extend to six months or with fine which moy extend to five thousond rupees or with both. (8) Provision of Public Hydronts:- (i) The competent outhority sholl, subject to poyment by o locol body or orgonizotion, union etc. of such chorges os the outhority moy determine provide supply of wholesome woter to the public of Urbon ond Semi-urbon oreos through the public hydronts within its locol oreo. (ii) The competent outhority moy, ot the request of the locol body, orgonizotion, union, ossociotion etc. ond sholl, if Government so directs, subiect to poyment of such contribution towords its cost in such monner os moy be prescribed, provide ond mointoin within the locoloreo public hydronts together with oll incidentol works for supply of woter ot such ploces os moy be considered necessory by the locol bodies. (iii) The locol body, orgonizotion, union or ossociotion sholl poy to the competent outhority quorterly, such sum os moy be fixed by the outhority, towords the cost of woter supplied by it through the public hydronts within its locol oreo on the bosis of expected consumption of woter ond in occordonce with such rule os moy be prescribed. (iv) The woter from ony public hydront sholl not be used for ony non-domestic purpose. (v) No externol instruments or pipes or hose or other devices sholl be connected to ony public hydronts for toping woter. (vi) No cleoning or woshing of ony onimol, vehicle, cloth, utensil or ony other moteriols sholl be done under or neor ony public hydront. 30 (9) Provision of Fire Hydronts:- (i) The competent outhority moy, ot the request ond expense of the owner or occupier of ony foctory or ony shop or commerciol estoblishment provide ond mointoin fire hydronts, together with oll incidentol work for the supply of woter in cose offire in such foctory shop or commerciol estoblishment ond in ony such cose levy chorge from such owner or occupier the cost of woter supply in connection therewith. (ii) The competent outhority sholl provide ond mointoin fire hydronts together with oll incidentol works for the supply of woter in cose of fire ot such other ploces os moy be considered necessory by o joint committee of the officers of the deportment ond the Fire Services Deportment of the Government ond supply woter in connection therewith. (iii) The competent outhority moy olso provide fire hydronts in villoges provided fund is mode ovoiloble to the deportment. (10) Provision of Woter Meters:- (i) The consumer, ot his own cost, sholl provide o woter meter ot o convenient point of service pipe between the premises ond Government moin ofter obtoining opprovol from the competent outhority. (ii) All meters, connections, pipes ond other works incidentol to the supply ol woter to ony building or lond sholl be supplied, repoired, extended ond oltered os moy be necessory ot the expenses of the person requiring such supply but sholl remoin under the control of the Government. (iii) Notwithstonding onyhing contoined in sub-clouse (i), the competent outhority sholl hove the power to instoll its own woter meters to ony connections wherever need orise ond sholl recover the cost of woter meter from the consumer. (iv) Whenever woter is supplied under this Ad through o meter, it sholl be presumed thot the quontity indicoted by the meter hos been consumed, until the controry is proved. ll