Water Board (Works) Regulations (Cap. 198)
Made 1993 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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About this law
- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM)
- Country
- Zambia
- Subjects
- Water
- Keywords
- waterworks, authorization/permit, offences/penalties
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SCHEDULE PRESCRIBED FORM THE WATER ACT (Section 56 (1)) To ................................................................. of Whereas I, ..................................................................................... Water Officer for the prescribed purposes of the Water Act, am satisfied that public water is being fouled and/or polluted* by you at ....... I hereby call upon you as the person responsible therefor to take adequate measures to prevent such fouling and/or pollution within..... (specified period). Date........................................................................ Water Officer *Strike out whichever may be inapplicable. SECTION 46-THE WATER BOARD (WORKS) REGULATIONS Regulations by the Minister Statutory Instrument 119 of 1993 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Water Board (Works) Regulations. Title 2. The design of any works shall be made by a qualified and competent engineer and shall include a detailed report with all the necessary drawings. Design of works 3. The design of any works shall be approved by the Provincial Water Engineer or Senior Water Engineer in the locality or the Water Officer appointed by the Water Board. Approval of design 4. Any construction of the approved works shall be supervised by a qualified and competent engineer. Supervision of works 5. Any deviation during construction from the approved plan and any Design works constructed without the authority of the Water Board shall constitute an offence and such work shall be demolished at the Water Board's discretion and the cost of demolition shall be borne by the offender. deviation and unauthorised construction 6. Any works on the course of any public stream shall be inspected by officers appointed by the Water Board and the Water Board may order any person or institution to execute such acts or repairs with respect to the works as may be necessary and, in the case of default, the Water Board shall carry out the act or repair and recover the cost from the defaulter. Inspection of works SECTION 46-THE WATER BOARD (WATER MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS Regulations by the Minister Statutory Instrument 53 of 1994 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Water Board (Water Measurement) Regulations. Title 2. The Water Board may establish on any piece of land, hydrometeorological stations, or erect gauging weirs or plates or any other devices, for measuring the volume of water available in a particular stream or river, and obtain and record observations made at such measuring stations. Establishment of measuring stations 3. (1) The Water Board may, for the purpose of determining the volume of water abstracted from a stream or a river by a person or institution Installation of measuring devices (a) direct that person or that institution to instal such flow meters on that person's or that institition's pumping unit as the Water Board may consider fit; and (b) monitor electricity consumption of the appropriate transformer for that person's or that institition's pumping unit as often as necessary. (2) The cost of installing the flow meters referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) shall be borne by the person or that institition concerned.