(1) The Corporation shall, subject to the other provisions of this Act, have power to do anything which may be necessary or expedient for performing its duties and discharging its functions under this Act.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions such powers shall include the power-
(a) to inspect the water supply and sewerage facilities in the State by whomsoever they are operated;
(b) to obtain such periodic or specific information from any local body and operating agency, as the Corporation may deem necessary;
(c) to provide training for its own personnel as well as for employees of the local bodies;
(d) to prepare and carry out schemes for water supply and sewerage;
(e) to lay down with the prior approval of the State Government the schedule of fees and other charges for all kinds of services rendered by the Corporation to the State Government, local bodies, institutions, or individuals;
(f) to enter into contract or agreement with any person or persons as the Corporation may deem necessary, for performing its duties and discharging its functions under the Act;
(g) to adopt its own budget annually;
(h) to approve with the prior approval of the State Government tariffs for water supply and sewerage services applicable to respective local areas comprised within the jurisdiction of the Corporation and such local bodies as have entered into an agreement with the Corporation;
(i) to manage all its affairs so as to provide the people of the area within its jurisdiction with wholesome water and, where feasible, efficient sewerage service;
(j) to take such other measures as may be necessary to ensure water supply in times of any emergency;
(k) to acquire, possess and hold land and other property and to carry any water or sewerage works through, across, over, on under any highway, road, street, or place and, after reasonable notice in writing to the owner or occupier, into, through, over or under any building or land;
(l) to extract water from any natural source and dispose of waste water;
(m) to raise, borrow or secure money on such terms and conditions as may be expedient, and in particular by way of loans and advances, deposits and issue of debentures and obtain subventions or mortgages from public institutions like the Life Insurance Corporation of India, Banks and any International Organisations or from the State and Central Government, for drinking water and sewerage schemes or any other schemes relating to environmental engineering services or for improvement of sanitation;
(n) to receive grants from the State Government, the Central Government and the local bodies for water supply and sewerage or any other sanitation improvement schemes;
(o) to repay installment of loans and pay interest on the principal thereof to the lenders as per mutually agreed terms and conditions;
(p) to advance loans to the local bodies or Government for their water supply and sewerage schemes on such terms and conditions as may be specified by the Corporation;
(q) to recover from the local bodies or Government, principal and interest thereon in respect of loans advanced to them by the Corporation;
(r) to incur such expenditure as the Corporation may deem necessary for performing its duties and functions under this Act;
(s) to exercise such other powers as are conferred on the Corporation under other provisions of this Act.