The duties and functions of the Corporation shall be as follows, namely:-
(a) to prepare, execute, promote and finance scheme for supply of water and for sewerage and sewage disposal;
(b) to render all necessary services in regard to water supply and sewerage to the State Government and local bodies, and on request, to private institutions or individuals also;
(c) to prepare draft State Plans, for water supply, sewerage and drainage on the direction of the State Government;
(d) to review and advise on the tariff taxes fees, and charges of water supply and sewerage systems, in the areas of the Corporation and the local bodies which have entered into an agreement with the Corporation;
(e) to assess the requirement of materials and arrange for their procurement and utilisation;
(f) to establish State standards for water supply and sewerage services;
(g) to review annually the technical, financial, economic and other aspects of water supply and sewerage system of every scheme of the Corporation or the local bodies which have entered into an agreement with the Corporation;
(h) to establish and maintain a facility to review and apprise the technical, financial, economic and other pertinent aspects of every water supply and sewerage scheme in the State;
(i) to operate, run and maintain any water works and sewerage system, if and when so directed by the State Government, on such terms and conditions and for such period as may be specified by the State Government;
(j) to assess the requirements of manpower and training in relation to water supply and sewerage services in the State;
(k) to carry out applied research for efficient discharge of the duties and functions of the Corporation;
(l) to perform such of the duties and functions which are being performed by the Public Health Engineering Department of the State as may be specified, from time to time, by the State Government;
(m) to perform and discharge such other duties and functions as are allotted to the Corporation under other provisions of this Act; or
(n) to perform such other environmental engineering functions as may be specified by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette.