(1) This Act may be called the Haryana Water Resources (Conservation, Regulation and Management) Authority Act, 2020.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Haryana.
(3) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Short title, extent and commencement.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Authority” means the Haryana Water Resources (Conservation, Regulation and Management) Authority established under section 3;
(b) “Bulk Water Entitlement” means the volumetric entitlement to a share of the surface water resources produced by a project, river system or storage facility, for a specific category or categories of use, and deliverable within a specific period of time as specifically provided in the order granting the entitlement;
Definitions.
(c) “category of usage” means the use of water resources for different purposes such as drinking, domestic, irrigation, industrial or commercial purposes and includes such other purposes, as may be specified by the Authority;
(d) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Authority;
(e) “entity” means an organization or authority established under any law, including the Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti, Zila Parishad, Municipality and any other Board or Corporation established by the Union Government or the Government of Haryana or any of its department;
(f) “Government” means the Government of the State of Haryana in the administrative department;
(g) “groundwater” means water occurring under its natural state, where it exists below the surface in the zone of saturation whereby it can be extracted through wells or any other means or emerges as springs and base flows in streams and rivers;
(h) “Member” means a Member of the Authority;
(i) “person” includes an individual, a company, a firm, an association of individuals or a body of individuals, whether incorporated or not;
(j) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;
(k) “regulations” means the regulations made by the Authority under this Act;
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(l) “Selection Committee" means the Selection Committee constituted under section 5;
(m) “State” means the State of Haryana;
(n) “Sub-surface entitlement” means an individual or Bulk Water Entitlement to a volumetric quantity of water to be extracted in the command area of the irrigation project from a tube well, bore well or other well or by any other means of extraction of sub-surface water or a group or field or wells duly and legally permitted, registered and constructed in accordance with the standards specified by the Authority;
(o) “volumetric” means a measurement of water on the basis of volume;
(p) “water” includes surface and groundwater;
(q) “Water User Entity" means any Water User's Association, Utility, Industrial User's Association, Other User's Association or any other group which is authorized by the Authority to receive and utilize a water entitlement.
Establishment and incorporation of Authority.