17. Amendment of section 90 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 90 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section, as follows: -

(1)

in paragraph (j) thereof, by the deletion of the word “and”, appearing at the end of that paragraph;

(2)

in paragraph (k) thereof, by the substitution for the word “system.” of the word “system;” and

(3)

by the addition immediately after paragraph (k)

thereof, of the following new paragraphs: -

“(l) the provision of water service or sewerage service connection on an urgent basis, subject to the availability and the charges in respect of the same;

(m)

to declare hydrological reservations or reservations for the protection of intakes of surface and ground water resources and to provide for their protection;

(n)

specification of standards or criteria for the discharge of wastewater into public sewers and treatment plants;

(o)

prohibiting the discharge of waste water that fails to comply with such standards and criteria into such sewers and treatment plants and for the recovery of costs and damages incurred by the Board due to such discharge of wastewater.

(p)

construction of onsite sewerage systems including “Decentralized

Wastewater Treatment Systems

(DEWATS) and septage treatment plants;

(q)

standards and specifications for the construction of sewerage systems including the size, nature, strength, materials, the apparatus and receptacles to be used for such purpose;

(r)

licensing of persons engaged in the provision of technical services in the form of advisory, consultancy and construction services pertaining to water supply and sewerage services; and

(s)

maintenance of the quality of the water supplied for the public, domestic or industrial purposes by the Board.”.

Read on from s 18