''10 A. lilodalities Ior Connections
(1) Water Supply connectjon by the Depariment lor any purpose includlng that of domestic use shall ordinariy be given only at the ground level of ihe prem ses. lt -6 i€ 10 A shall not be lawJul lor any owner or occLrpier to demano water supply connection trom the service pipe al any other elevation or level.
(2) lt shall not be lawful for any owner or occupier to use any pumps or devices to suck water directly o.
.nd rectly lrom lne gove'nme1l ma._s or serv ce pipes.
(3) The owner ol every premises having more than oie storey and connected with water supply lrom tl-e service pipe at the ground level shall, provide a sur,.t and set up electrical pump or other contrivances oi adequate capacity and such other arrangements as prescribed, to pump the water to the required helghi oi such premises with the prior approval of the compete.:
authority.
(4) On every service pipe laid after the date of comlng nio force oi thjs section, the owner cr occupier shall, iii a stopcock on every service pjpe laid before or aiier such date.
(5) Every slopcock iilleo or a service p.pe a1e't.e ca:.
of coming into Jorce of this section shall be p aceo - such position as the Department deems mosl convenient:
Provided that-
(a) a stopcock in private premises shall be placec as near as is reasonably practicable to the sireg:
irom which the service pipe enters that pren"ises:
and
(b) a stopcock in a street shall be placed as nea: :o the boundary ihereof as is reasonably practica. e
(6) No water plpe shall be laid in a drain or on the suaace ol an open channe or house gulLy or a cesspool or ^ any position where the pipe is ljkely to be damagec o:
the water therein polluted; and except with the approva oi the Department, no latrine plt ci soak pit or cesspoo shall be constructed or made within six meters of a.li water pipe or water work or ln any position where:-e water pipe or water work ls likely to be damaged or i^e water therein polluted.
(7) No person other than an Engineer or a piumber or a- Officer or employee authorised by the Compe:e-:
Authorlty in this behali shall execute the wor< o' consumer main, service line or internal water s!!a.
connections of premises.
(B) No water supply connection shall be given to the or,^:- or occupier of a premise unless the interna ,,..a:.- Amendment of Section 11 Amendment ot Section 13 suppy conneciions of such premises have been duly executed in accordance with the standard speclilcations prescrlbed under this Act.
(S) The Stale Government rnay by notlfication in the Officia Gazette, make regu ations ior compljance by the Engineers or p umbers.
(10) Any person who wlllfully vlolates the provisions oi this section shall be liab e to have the water supply disconnected to the premises and no new connection shall be sanctioned unless the owner or the occupier complies with the provisions of this secUon".
12. ln the princlpal Act, in the provlso to sectlon 11, after the words "on payment oi 1ee", for the word "or rupees twenty fve", the words "as prescrlbed under the rules" shal be substituted.
13. (1) In the principal Act, in section 13, for the marginal heading "power to ay or carry pipes", the marginal heading "power to lay or carry pipes or to construct water works and payment of compensation etc", shall be substltuted.
(2) section 13 shall be re-numbered as sub-section(1) thereof and after sub-section (1) as so re-numbered, the following sub-sections shal be inserted, namely;- "(2) All reservoirs, tanks, cisterns, founialns, wells, and bore we ls, pumps, pipes, taps, condults and olher works connected wlth the supply of water to the notified area, includinq the headwork's, reservoirs and the Government malns, and all brjdges, bullding, machinery, works materials and other things connected therewith and all land (not being prlvate property) adjacent and appertaining to the same, shal vest ln the Departrnent and be subject to its control.
(3) The Department may construci, lay, or erect iiltration plants, reservoirs, machinery, conduiis, pipes, or other works in any place in the state lor supplying the notlfied area with water, and may provlde, tanks, reservoirs, machlnery, mains, fountains and olher conveniences withln or outside the notified area for the use of the inhabitants.
(4) Ihe Department rnay cause ex sting water works to be maintained and suppl ed with water or it may close any such works and subslltute other such work and may cause them to be ma ntained and supplied wjth water.
(5) Notwithstanding anything conialned in any other law for the time being ln force, ihe Department may lay a main wilhin or withoul the loca irnits of the notif ed area,- 8-
(a) :n any street or any land vested in the Government, the Department or any other local authority or any Government Company or Department owned or controlled by the Governmenti
(b) with the consent of every owner or occupier of any land not Jorming part of a street, in over or on that land, and may, from tlme to time inspect, repair, alter or renew or may, at any tlme, remove any main, whether lald under this Act or otherwise:
Provided that where consent required for the purpose of this sub-section is withheld, the Department may, after giving the owner or occupier oi the land a 15 (iifteen) days of written notice of its intention to lay the main in, over or on that land even without such consent.
(6) Where the Department, under the provision of this section, lays a main in, over or on any land not forming part of a skeet or land referred to in clause (a) of subsection (5) or inspects, repairs, alters, renews or removes a maln so laid in, over or on any such land, it shall pay a compensation to every person interested in that land ior any damage done to or injurious afjectlon ol, that land by reason of such laying, inspection, repairs, alteratlon, renewal or removal of the main.
(7) The Departrnent may, in any street or any land relerred to ln clause (a) of sub-section (5) whether within or without the local limits of the notified area, lay such service plpes with such stopcocks and other water llitings as lt may deem necessary for suppLy of water to premises and may, irom tlme to time, inspect, repair, aller or renew and may, at any time, remove any service pipe iald ln such street or land whether under this Act or otherwise.
(8) Where a service pipe has been lawiully laid in, over or on the land not forming part of a street or land reierred to ln sub-section (7), such officers as the Department may authorize, from time to time, enter upon that land and inspect, repair, aler, renew or remove the pipe or lay a new pipe in substilution thereof but shall pay compensation for any damage done in the course of such action.
(9) The Depanment may place and rnaintain conduits and lines of mains or pipes, over, under, a ong or across any immovable property whether within or wlthoui the local llmlts of the notified area without acqu rlng the i'4, 9 same and may at any tlme Jor the purpose of examinlng, repairlng, altering or removing any conduits or lines oi mains or pipes, enter on any property over, under, a ong or across which the condults or lines oi mains or pipes have been placed:
Provided that the Department shall not acquire any rlght other ihan a rlght of user in the property over, under, along or across which any conduit or line of mains or pipes ls placed.
(T0) If it appears to the Department that the only technically ieasible alternatlve means oi water supply to any premlses is by placing or carrying any pipe over, under, along oT across the immovab e property of another person li may, by order in writing, authorize ihe owner of the premlses to place carry such pipe, over, under, along or across such immovable propertyi Provlded that before making any such order the Deparimeni sha I give io the owner ol the immovable property a reasonable opportunity of showing cause wlihjn such time as may be prescrlbed by regulations so as to why the order should not be madel Provlded further that the owner of the premises shall not acquire any right other than a right of user ln the property over, under, along or across whlch any such pipe is placed or carried.
(11) Upon making oi an order under sub-section (10), the owner of the premises may, after giving reasonable notice of his intention so to do, enter upon the immovab e propeny with the assistants and the workmen at any time between sunrise and sunset for the purpose of placing a pjpe over, under, along or across such immovable property or for the purpose of repairing the same.
(12) ln placing or carrying a pjpe under sub-section (11), as Little damage as possible shall be done to ihe immovab e property and the owner ol the premises shall,-
(a) cause the pipe io be placed or carried wlth the least practicable de ay;
(b) fi in, reinstate and make good at his own cost and with the Least practicable delay, any land opened, broken up or removed for the purpose of placing or carrying oi such pipe; and
(c) pay compensatlon to the owner of the immovable property and to any other person who sustains damage by reason ol the placing or carrying of such plpe, , / t/ 1A- Amendment Section 14
(13) li the owner of the immovable property over, under, along or across, whjch a pipe nas Oeen pfaceJ oicarried under this section while sLlch immovableprooerty was not bu;,1 Lroon. oesires to e,ect anv !l:,91"9 "" such p.operly, rne Deparrn,e^r snar,-Oirottce n wrling. requtre tne owae. oi tne p."r,r"a uiild,cated in sJo_sectron (10). ro ctose, ru.or;;;;.r;;
Ite oroe n such man.er as shal. oe apo-oveo oy h.a1 and to fill in, reinstate and make good ihe i..ouaOie properly as ii the pipe has not heen placed or carrjed over, under, ajong or across the same:
provided that no such requisition shall bemade uniess in the oplnion of the Departmeni lt isnecessary or expedient ior the construction of theproposed building or the saie enjoyment thereof that th;pipe should be closed, removed or diverted.
(14) No person shall obstruct or hinder any person authorized or empowered by or under tfris nci ln |reexecJ.rion ot his dury or o. anylh:ng wnich fe:s autnor,zed or empowered or reouireo to do oy vi.lue oior in consequence of any of the pr.oui"ion" ,it tni.-nli or any rules or made thereunder.
(15) N-o--p_e.son shaJi, e_xceor wirh the permission ouryobta,red from the Deoartn enr or rhe pubtic rlealtitrngrree. tn cha,ge oi water s_oply, enler on land orpremises or waler works of the Department.
(16) Save as orovided ior,n any orl^er secrion o, th.s Acr any co.npensat:on to De oa.d JrCer tnis sect,o,.t or th;olne, prov.sions tr this Acl. snat, be as delermrled bvtFe ocal authority as eslaoJisned by Ldu,.,.
14. In the prjncipat Act, lor section 14, the loltowing shalt besubstituted, namelyt- "14. Charges for Water Supply (r ) Ih: Oo::iirgll may. trom r.n e ro tine by nolrf,catio,l tn tne U.ticial Gazette. fi{ the tirres lfieq.ency olpayment), conditions and the rate or rute" oi cnuri"",on metered basis or on the basis of numUer oi tlaolinstalled or on the dimension "f the ";;;;"; ;;;;
::I:il: "l any to.rr.rra app,oved oy,r.," "orpui"niaurro.tty, by the consume. for suppty oi wate. Lnderthis Act and djfferent rate or rates, frequency orcondition may be iixed for Oitterent.areas ani toi different consumers and for different quantities.
(2) The conpelelt author;ty rnay o.ovroe f.ee of chd,gesgrarL loJs sJpply ol whoresor.re warer 10 rne p.i.,c within the notified area and may, tor. fiut purpos"ieiect Dub'ic stand posls o. olner convp.,:ences.
- - The Government may, from iime to iime by notlilcation, lew water charqe on the bill oi the consumer.
The Government may, irom time io tirne by notificatlon, levy and include the service charge for sewerage servlces in a sjngle water supply cum sewerage bill where such service is provided by the Department."