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The Gujarat Domestic Water Supply(protection) Rules, 2020

State Rules of Gujarat · 201912,772 characters of text

The enactment

Long titleRules made for proper implementation The Gujarat Domestic Water Supply(protection) Act,2019.
TypeRules
Year2019
JurisdictionState of Gujarat
StatusIn force as published by the source
TextPublished as one document, as the source published it

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ene Extra No. “16 ahs aawuAll 62 BL.%,000/- - | The Bujarat Sovernment it Gazette EXTRAORDINARY | PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

Vol. LXE “WEDNESDAY, JULY.8, 2020 / ASADHA 17, 1942 Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a Separate Compilation.

PART IV-B Rules and. Or ders (ther thar vhase published in Parts Li-A, and I-1:) made | by the Governament of Gujarat under the Gujarat Acts _NARMADA, WATER RESOURCES, WATER SUPPLY & KALPSAR DEPARTMENT ‘Notification Sachivalaya; Gandhinagar, 7 huly, 2020.

~ No.20/2020 “VWS-10-2619- -Vidheyak-I-partfile-kh- -4 :- In exercise . of the powers conferred by .

section 26 of the Gujarat Domestic Water Supply (Protection) Act, 2019, the Government of Gujarat makes the following rules, narmely:- Ll. Short Title and commencement: - .

~ (1). These rules may. be called. the Guj arat Domestic Water Supply (pr otection) R Rules, 2020.

(2) They shall come into force on such cate as the State Government may, by notification i in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2. (1) Definitions: In these rales, “unless the context otherwise re requires, - ay" Act" means the Gujarat Domestic Water Supply (Protection) Act, 201 GY 2 of 2019), | b) _ "Appendix" means thé Appendix appended to these rules;

c) | "Form" means the "Form" specified in the appendix;

(2): Words and. expressions. used but not defined in these rules shall have the same meaning as.

assigned to them in the Gujarat Domestic Water Supply (Protection). Act, 2019.

- ; 3. Application for reservation of water from source:- The Authority shall make. an application for Teservation of water from source to the State Government i in form as ‘specified in Appendix -I.

4. Manner and scope of water audit.- The Authority shall carry.out water audit of all water sources, .

except of hand pumps, in the form as specified in Appendix -H. ~ 5, Assessment of loss or damage to ‘the Authority:- The base rate fixed by the Gujarat Water ‘Infrastructure Limited for sipply of water for Industrial purposes, at the relevant time, shall be . taken in to consideration for assessment of loss or damage to the Authority. The Assessing Officer - IVBER-21600 Ge 216- 2 GUIAR AT GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, EX., 08- 07- 2020. [PART IVv- B.

‘shall compute the amount of loss or damage as. double the raté as aforesaid multiplied ‘by the woe _.estimated quantity of water drawn unauthorized or in excess of approval or used: for purposes other o than the approved purpose.

6. Appointment of Assessing Offi icer :- ‘Assessing Officer shall be appointed by the Authority from .

amongst the following category of persons for respective authorities for specified jurisdiction, namely: - . (i) - Giiy’ iy) - (v).

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A Village Panchayat shall appoint ‘Panchayat Mantri' .or an. employee.o on its permanent establishment as the Assessing Officer for the respective village panchayat.

A Municipality’ shall .appoint any. engineer. or any other employee on permanent establishment of the municipality as the Assessing Officer for that municipality.

The Municipal Commissioner shall, in relation to-a Municipal Corporation,: appoint - officers not below the rank of-Assistant Commissioner or, as the case may be, Assistant - - City Engineer as the Assessing Officers and shall assign territorial | jurisdictions to such | Assessing Officers.

The Executive Engineer shall, in relation to a division of Gujarat Water Supply and ‘Sewerage Board, appoint. officers not below the rank of De: suty Engineer as the ' Assessing Officers and shall assign territorial jurisdictions to such Assessing Officers. :

The. Senior Manager shall, in relation.to a division of Gujarat Water Infrastructure - Limited, (GWIL), appoint officers not. below the rank of Manager as the Assessing Officers and shall assign territorial jurisdictions to such Assessing Officers.

The Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Authority other than those specified above, shall appoint an employee on its permanent establishment as the’ Assessing ~ - Officer for such Authority.

7. Fe es. for fi ling appeal- _ (1). A person or user agarieved by the order of-the Assessing Officer made under section 14 of the.

Act may prefer an appeal within a period of: thirty days from the date of the order to the Appellate Officer by making an application accompanied with a fee of RS. 100/- and deposit of 15% of the amount assessed by’ the Assessing Officer or Rs. 10,000/-, whichever i is lower. . oe = (2), ‘Such person or user shall also attach with his appeal the order appealed against, connection :

authorization i issuance order and such other relevant documentary evidence as he may deem unecessary and is available with him. 7

(3) Amount of Deposit made along -with the appeal, as referred to in sub-rules (1) above; may be ~ allowed to be adjusted against the amount of recovery ordered by the Appellant Officer.

8 Appointment of Appellate Officer.- The State Government shall appoint. Appellate Officers for " respective categories of authorities, that is, one each for, all village panchayats, all municipalities, .

~ . all municipal corporations, all divisions of Gujarat Water Supply and Sewerage Board and: all ‘divisions of Gujarat Water Infrastructure Limited from amongst the ofticers not below the rank of ~ a-Class I officer of the State Goverment, or. an officer of equivalent tank of the respective.

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PART IV-B] _ GUJARAT GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, EX,, 08- 07- 2020 216-3 . | - Appendix-I .

FORM _ Form of Application by Public Water. Distribution Authority for reservation of water from Source under section 6(1) of Gujarat Domestic Water Supply (Protection) Act, 2019.

To, Name and Designation of the Competent Authority of the State Government .

(Authori ty having competence to grant water reservation form source) ‘Subject: Request to allow * oe - m?/day water reservation form source for , years/Perpetually /from dayto day, | , Dear Sir, .

_ On behalf of the authority mentioned below, I apply for grant of water reservation as | mentioned i in the subject Detailed particulars are enclosed below :

Sr. ; Particulars fo ae Details a! ’ 4 Requesting Authority's Name :

. |Address: Telephone No. : Email Id :

2 |Name of sources 2s from which water is|_ Dam/canal/ pipeline at._- “location, requir ed. _ |near. Village, ____ Taluka, | District.

3 |Requirement of Water in milday - (Required. of water m/day |;

Period .

year! _Months/From .

| to | | ‘4 |Purpose of water usage | MLD for Domestic & _ MLD for industrial | commercial - 5 |Basics of calculation for the quantity ( Attach Calculation Sheet) required in m3/day 6 |Details, of present: SOUTCES - from] — which water is drawn , _| Sources |Authorised Quantity | Approval : . _ |Quantity _ drawn dates Source 1 Source 2 Source 3.

‘Total ~ Consent: On behalf of authority I convey our consent to pay water charges at the applicable rates. We understand that the applicable charges may be revised periodically by the authority approving water reservation.

Yours Sincerely:

(_ oe) Enclosures - Resolution of competent committee of Board/Panchayat body/Local authority for — requirement of water and undertake to pay the charges.

246-4 GUIARAT GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, EX., 08-07-2020 Appendix -I- .

[PART IV-B | Form of annual water audit to be carried out by the Authority under section 9 (3) « of f the — ‘Gujarat D Domestic Water Supply (Protection) Act, 2019. can Sr.

Particulars . Details No.

1 |Name of Author:

- |Address : :

’|Telephone'No. : :

{Email Id : “ Details of Customers :_ e Populated. being . , serviced - « Nos. of Households ; . - oe, oe 7 e Nos. of Connections Type | Metered: | . Unmetered Total:

2 of category ° Residential a e Residential ‘Commercial ® Commercial 1 Industrial e Industrial . Institutional e Institutional _ Others ..© Others ee 3 |}Connections per _ Separate for each zone) (Dia in mm) Categories of Diameter 15. 25 1 40 ~ 50 | nee ‘\| Residential . 7 oe - Commercial Industrial. | Institutional :

"|| Others ' 4 | Details of Water Sources List of water sources .

nd . (Please indicate all water sources-from which piped water. supply is drawn) , , Source: Max.- | Min. | Total in Avgina Total in “AVE. i in piped/Ground | drawn in|drawn in| a month |month in| -year |. a year - Water. ; a day aday | (ML)-| MLD>| (ML) | (MLD) (KL or'| (KL or | o Lo.

-ML) | ML).

Bulk/RWSS : :

||Pipeline - ' {Ground Water Local Surface. — sources {Total , -. ||(For All Sources) i ; , LS 5 | Assets under the Authority Asset Name Quantity and Capacity ' |for domestic water supply || Water Sources . .

ee Pipeline from source to."

treatment plant (in Km) Raw water storage (in KLor |...

ML) Water Treatment Plant (KLD or MLD) .

Clear water storage (in. KL of ML) Pump house (in KLD or MED} es pen “b et wp

PART: IV-B J | GUIARAT GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, EX., 08-07-2020. 216-5 Pumping Machinery (in KLD or MLD) » a, Elevated storage (in KL or ML) Sub-Head works with — components such as Sump, — Pump House diameter, Distribution Network (km) to Pipeline.

Cost of Water Cost of water as charged by. another authority providing water _| for the year = Applicable Rate X Total water drawn i ina year Source :

‘| Opportunity Cost of Water |Re-compute the cost of water, fi it were charged at rate .

applicable for industrial customers.

= = Applicable 1 rate for Industrial Customer x Total Water Drawn Applicable water charges 8 in your jurisdiction (Please Unit of levy: HH/plot size/metering/fixed monthly charges Specify the unit of Tariff:

charges, if itis household | Domestic purpose-Rs.-, or plot size or Sq. Mt. Institutional purpose-Rs.- | | basis, connection size, Commercial iroose-Rs.- monthly rates.) | PurPo Bs {Industrial purpose-Rs.- 9 | Distribution Charges Consumer Type Annual Billing | Annual Receipt | Outstanding Dues recovered by the Authority Domestic - :

in Rs. Lakhs me Institutional’ - -|Commercial Industrial Total 10 | Service Level _ A. Per capita distribution in Zone | Per capita Frequency of Supply . Duration Bea: water | (Once/Twice in a day or | of Supply your authority area : .

supply per once every » (Minutes) =.Total Water day (LPCD) days.)

supplied in the year in|| Zone i liters/Population X365 1 B. Frequency of water supply at Household level Zone Once/Twice in a day or Y once every _- days. Fone C. Period for which water 3 supplied on the day- ofj-— supply, ‘measured at|| ------- household level. | _ GUIARAT GOVERNMENT.GAZETTE, BX.; 08-07-2020 [PART IV-B- 216-6.

11°] Water Distribution | Nos. of applications received during the year Grievance Analysis Sr.|Customer|. Total. | Disposed ‘Pending since © |No| type | Compl- Positive|Negative Within | 1-2 | 2-4. | Above aints - | 1Week | Week|] Week| 4 week 12 | Statement of Hand pumps/ | |Description Hand | Tube: | Open | Tube wells/Open wells — _ Pump well, well Nos. of such sources as on date of report Functional Non-functional Nos. that have gone dry during current year Nos. that have gone dry during last 2 year |Nos. that have gone dry during last 3 year 13 | Difference of Quantity - of water pumped from.

sources and quantity of — _ | water billed (Annualized __ .| Distribution Loss of water) 14 | Water Quality Audit a. Technique used for water quality b. Water sample test report (For the year) Nos of Samples Samples Nos. of failed samples (reason wise) -° Sample | that passed | that failed | Tutbidity|Fluoride)T.D.S} Nitrate}. Other Bacterio- Taken | applicable applicable : chemical}. logical : - Water - Water contami- | - Contami- - Quality’ |”. Quality nation- nation - f Standard | Standard | 15 | Proposed course of action to prevent water loss, - To ae temne improve spatial distribution | II. —--------------------- asymmetry, improve TIT, nese nnnn nnn nnnnen nnn service level & address os | quality problem issues.

‘16 | Regulatory action taken - © |a) Unauthorized drawl (Please report nds. of cases).

. wade quart Domestic I. Excess drawl Protection Act orthe i ‘Unauthorized drawl - IL. Change of use for water connection ~~ law for concerned . authority . b). Penalty/Assessment orders levied for unauthorized |. connection/drawl :

I. Nos, of case in which assessment/penalty order made. I. Amount in assessment order made we g a) Q o , 8 PART IV-B | - GUJARAT GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, EX, 08- 07- 2020: 216-7 Iii: Amount collected TV. Amount yet to be collected Recovery pending from the consumer in reference to. .

penalty imposed under the act ‘Current Year | Previous Year Years prior to ast year | Total 17 Sewerage Treatment generated 2). Quantity of sewage | treated - sewage re-used ‘Ty Quantity of : sewage . | 3) Quantity of. treated " )- ja- )— 18 | Remarks Date: 07/07/2070 ~ Place:- Gandhinagar - By order and in the name of the Governor of Gujarat, .

_K.P.SAMBHWANI, _ Additional Secretary to Government. ~ Government Central Press, Gandhinagar.

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