(1) The Board shall construct, lay, or erect filtration plants, reservoirs, machinery, conduits, pipes, or other works for supplying the Guwahati Metropolitan Area with water and may provide tanks, reservoirs, machinery, mains, fountains and other conveniences within the Guwahati Metropolitan area for the use of the inhabitants.
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(2) The Board may cause existing water works to be maintained and supplied with water or it may close any such works and substitute other such works and may cause them to be maintained and supplied with water.
Trespass on water supply premises
34. No person shall, except with the permission duly obtained from the Board or the Managing Director or any officer authorized by him in this behalf, enter on land vested in the Board or on any premises connected with the water supply.
Prohibition of building over water mains 35, (1) Without the permission of the Board, no building, wall or other structure shall be newly erected and no street shall be laid over any water main belonging to the Board.
(2) If any building, wall or other structure be so erected or any street be so laid, any other officer authorised by the Board in this behalf may cause the same to be removed or otherwise dealt with as he deems fit and the expenses thereby incurred shall be paid by the persons contravening the provisions of this Act.
Control over house connections
36. All house connections, whether within or without the premises to which they belong, with the water supply mains shall be under the control of the Board, but shall be altered, repaired, and kept in proper order at the expense of the owner/ occupier of the premises to which they belong, in conformity with the rules made in that behalf.
Payment to be made for water supplied
37. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any law, contract or other instrument, for the water supplied under this Act, payment shall be made to the Board at such rates as may be approved by the Water Regulatory Authority, at such times and under such conditions as may be prescribed by the regulations and different rates may be prescribed for supply of water for different purposes and for different quantities.
Water supply for domestic consumption
38. The Board may, on application by the owner or occupier of any building arrange, in accordance with the rules, to supply water thereto for domestic consumption and use.
Supply of Water for domestic purpose not to include any supply for certain specified purposes
39. The supply of water for domestic purposes under this Act shall not be deemed to include any supply for commercial or industrial purpose and in particular any supply,- v
(a) for any trade, manufacture or business;
(b) for gardens or for purposes of irrigation;
(c) for building purposes;
(d) for fountains, swimming baths, public baths or tanks or for any ornamental or mechanical purposes;
(e) for animals, where they are kept for sale or hire or for the sale of their produce or any preparation there from;
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(f) for the consumption and use by the inmates, in hotels, commercial boarding houses and clubs;
(g) for the consumption and use by the persons resorting to theaters and cinemas;
(h) for construction or for watering streets; or
(i) for washing vehicles where they are kept for sale or hire but shall be deemed to include a supply for flushing latrines and drains and for all baths other than swimming baths or public baths.
Water supplied for domestic purposes not to be used for non domestic purposes Power to supply water for non-domestic purposes
40. No person shall use or allow to be used for other than domestic purposes Water supplied for domestic purposes.