(1) Supply of water from any canal shall be regulated according to rules made in that behalf. Such rules may provide for calling for application for supply of water before the prescribed dates and for sanctioning supply, regard being had to the availability of water, the total area of the land for which water is to be supplied, the regularity in pay- Liability when water runs to waste.
Charges recoverable in addition to penalties.
Land deriving benefit from percolation liable to water rate.
1 Substituted for the words “a well sunk within the irrigable command of a canal or within 35 metres on either side of the canal” by Mah. 52 of 1981, s. 2.
2 Substituted for the words “any well sunk within the irrigable command of a canal” ibid., s. 3.
Levy of water rate for use of percolation water for nonirrigation purposes.
Regulation of supply of water.
20 Maharashtra Irrigation Act, 1976 [ 1976 : Mah. XXXVIII ment of water rates by the applicants, the crops to be grown on the lands from canals and other relevant factors, if any, which may be prescribed.
(2) The sanctioned supply may either be on area basis as provided in this Chapter or on volumetric basis as provided in Chapter III of this Part.