(1) The designated officer may prescribe ceiling on water usage per unit of production by any industry or commercial unit.
(2) The Authority may levy cess or surcharge on the water used for production activities.
25. The Authority shall have power to designate an officer to be incharge of the water bodies in the State, Municipal Corporations, Municipalities, Urban Areas or Gram Panchayats to ensure proper protection and conservation of the water bodies.
26. The Authority may direct the water users associations to prevent and restore breaches to irrigation sources within a specified time and take up such measures through the officer concerned.
27. The Authority may frame guidelines for sand mining from water bodies wherever such sand mining is environmentally harmful both in private and Government lands:
Provided that sand mining shall not be permitted in over exploited basins as declared by the Authority under sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Act.
Ceiling on water usage.
Power to designate.
Protection from breaches.
Sand mining.
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CHAPTER - 5 TREES