Water (Soroti Water Supply) Regulations (S.I. 152-46)

THE WATER ACT. Statutory Instrument 152—46. The Water (Soroti Water Supply) Regulations. Arrangement of Regulations. Regulation 1. Citation. 2. Declaration of Soroti water supply area. 3. Appointment of a water authority. 4. Internal supply rate for domestic purposes. 5. Internal supply rate for hotels, inns and lodging houses. 6. Internal supply rate for restaurants, cookshops, bakeries and butcheries. 7. General water rate 8. Exempted premises. 9. General water rate for hotels, inns and lodging houses. 10. General water rate for restaurants, cookshops, bakeries and butcheries. 11. Standard water rate. 12. Computing quantity of water. Schedule Schedule Soroti water supply area. 1See S.I. 152-8, footnote 1. THE WATER ACT. Statutory Instrument 152—46. The Water (Soroti Water Supply) Regulations.1 (Under sections 45, 46 and 94 of the Act.) 1. Citation. These Regulations may be cited as the Water (Soroti Water Supply) Regulations. 2. Declaration of Soroti water supply area. The area described in the Schedule to these Regulations is declared to be a water supply area to be known as the Soroti water supply area. 3. Appointment of a water authority. The commissioner of water development is appointed the water authority for the Soroti water supply area. 4. Internal supply rate for domestic purposes. (1) An internal supply rate of 5 percent per year of the annual value of the premises shall be levied in respect of all premises supplied with water for domestic purposes. (2) The prescribed minimum value on which payment of the internal supply rate is to be based shall be twelve hundred shillings per year. 5. Internal supply rate for hotels, inns and lodging houses. Premises occupied as hotels, inns and lodging houses shall be liable to pay an addition of 50 percent of the amount payable in respect of the internal supply. 6. Internal supply rate for restaurants, cookshops, bakeries and butcheries. Restaurants, cookshops, bakeries and butcheries shall be liable to pay an addition of 25 percent of the amount payable in respect of the internal supply. 7. General water rate. (1) A general water rate of 7 percent per year of the annual value of the premises shall be levied in respect of all premises in the Soroti water supply area other than premises which are more than one thousand feet from a water supply point. (2) The prescribed minimum value on which payment of the general water rate is to be based shall be twelve hundred shillings per year. 8. Exempted premises. Places used principally for public worship and buildings constructed of primitive materials such as wattle and daub, sun-burnt bricks, grass or reeds shall be exempt from the general water rate; except that the water authority may in the case of premises used for public worship cause a meter to be affixed on those premises and levy a charge at the standard rate for all water in excess of fifteen hundred gallons consumed in any month. 9. General water rate for hotels, inns and lodging houses. Premises occupied as hotels, inns and lodging houses shall be liable to pay an addition of 50 percent of the amount payable in respect of the general supply. 10. General water rate for restaurants, cookshops, bakeries and butcheries. Restaurants, cookshops, bakeries and butcheries shall be liable to pay an addition of 25 percent of the amount payable in respect of the general supply. 11. Standard water rate. The standard rate at which water may be supplied by quantity shall be five shillings per one thousand gallons. 12. Computing quantity of water. The method of computing the quantity of water taken for particular purposes shall be as follows— (a) the quantity of water taken for the use of persons resident on any premises such as barracks, camps or hospitals shall be computed at the rate of 350 gallons per head per month or, where a waterborne sewerage system exists, at the rate of 700 gallons per head per month; (b) the quantity of water taken for the use of persons resorting by day or night only to premises such as workshops, factories, offices, clubs and institutions for work or occupation in those premises shall be computed at the rate of 120 gallons per head per month or, where a waterborne sewerage system exists, at the rate of 250 gallons per head per month; except that the water authority may cause a meter to be affixed on any such workshop, factory, office, club or institution and may levy a charge in respect of all water consumed in excess of the quantity specified in this paragraph; (c) the quantity of water taken for use in connection with any engine or machine for which water is supplied shall be computed— (i) in the case of steam engines, at the rate of 600 gallons per horsepower per month; (ii) in the case of internal combustion engines, at the rate of 60 gallons per horsepower per month; (iii) in the case of other engines and machines, according to consumption estimated by the water authority, except that the water authority may in the case of an internal combustion engine cause a meter to be affixed on the premises on which the engine is placed and levy a charge in respect of water consumed in excess of the quantity specified in this paragraph; (d) the quantity of water taken for use— (i) for or in connection with cattle, horses, donkeys or mules shall be computed at the rate of 300 gallons per head per month; (ii) for or in connection with sheep, goats or pigs shall be computed at the rate of 100 gallons per head per month; (e) the quantity of water taken— (i) for a bath of more than 30 gallons and not more than 50 gallons capacity shall be computed at the rate of 100 gallons per month; (ii) for a bath of more than 50 gallons capacity shall be computed according to consumption estimated by the water authority; (f) the quantity of water taken for fountains, ponds and tanks shall be computed according to the rate of discharge through the perforated disc through which the supply is given as estimated by the water authority; (g) the quantity of water taken for sports fields, market gardens and public pleasure gardens shall be computed at the rate of 1 gallon per month for each square yard of area; (h) the quantity of water taken for— (i) watering private gardens by means of hoses or automatic watering devices; or (ii) washing vehicles by means of hoses, shall be computed in each case as 3,000 gallons per month; but no charge incurred under this paragraph shall exceed ten shillings per month in any particular case; (i) the quantity of water taken for greenhouses or conservatories shall be computed at the rate of 400 gallons per month for every one hundred square feet of floor area; (j) the quantity of water taken for building purposes shall be computed— (i) in the case of steel or iron structures, at the rate of 200 gallons for every one hundred shillings of the cost, excluding the cost of the steel or iron framework; (ii) in the case of other structures, at the rate of 200 gallons for every one hundred shillings of the cost; (k) the quantity of water taken for concrete used in constructional works other than building works shall be computed at the rate of 200 gallons for each cubic yard of concrete; (l) the quantity of water taken for use in cement plastering shall be computed at the rate of 100 gallons for every two hundred square feet of area; (m) the quantity of water taken for the formation and consolidation of macadam roads shall be computed at the rate of 800 gallons for every one hundred square yards of area; (n) the quantity of water taken for grouting in connection with pitching, curbing, channelling or other surface work on roads shall be computed at the rate of 1,200 gallons for every one hundred square yards of area; and (o) the quantity of water taken for any purpose (other than domestic purposes) not specified in this regulation shall be computed in accordance with the estimate of the water authority. Schedule. reg. 2. Soroti water supply area. The area comprised within a circle having a radius of one and one-half miles with the district office, Soroti, as centre, together with the area contained within the following boundaries— Commencing at the point of intersection of the circumference of the circle aforesaid with the centre line of the Soroti-Soroti Railway Station road; thence following the centre line of that road in a generally northerly direction for a distance of 1,000 yards; thence following a line at right angles in a westerly direction for a distance of 500 yards; thence in a line in a generally southerly direction parallel to and distant 500 yards from the said centre line of the said road to its point of intersection with the circumference of the circle aforesaid; and thence in an easterly direction along that circumference to the point of commencement. History: S.I. 137-62; S.I. 17/1971; S.I. 154/1972.