Wat

erSuppl
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ons
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Cont
d.)

GOVERNMENTNOTI
CENO.828publ
i
shedon.8/
11/
2019

THEWATERSUPPLYANDSANI TATI
ONACT,
(ActNo.5of2019)
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REGULATI
ONS
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_

THEWATERSUPPLYREGULATI
ONS,
2019

PARTI
PRELI
MINARYPROVI
SIONS
1. Ci
tat
ion.
2. Appl
icat
ion.
3. I
nter
pret
ation.

PARTII
ESTABLI
SHMENTANDMANAGEMENTOFWATERAUTHORI
TIES

4. Establ
ishmentofwat erauthor
it
y.
5. Categori
zat
ionofwaterauthori
ti
es.
6. Proceduref
orappointmentofboardmember
s.
7. Compet
it
iveappoi
ntmentofboar
dmember
sofwat
er
author i
ti
es.
8. Compet i
tiveappoi
ntmentofboar dmembersofRUWASA.
9. Fi
ll
ingv acancyi nt
heBoar d.
10. Li
censi ng.
11. Assignmentofaddi tt
ional r
esponsibi
li
ty.
12. Appoi nt
mentofadmi nist
rator
.
13. Servicear ea.
14. Cessat i
onofcommuni tyorganizati
on.
15. Performancet oolsofwat erauthori
ty.
16. Boarddi ssolut
ion.
17. Remuner ati
onofBoar dmember s.

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18. Appoint
mentofManagi
ngDir
ector.
19. Appl
icat
ionf
orwat
ersuppl
yser
vices.

PARTII
I
WATERSUPPLYSERVI
CES

20. Wat erqual it

yst andar ds.
21. Agr eementf orwat ersuppl y .
22. Priceofwat er ,
termsandcondi t
ionsofsuppl y
.
23. Useofwat er.
24. Rest r
ict i
onf ornon- domest icpur poses.
25. Ceasi ngt ouseWat erofwat erauthori
t y
.
26. Publ i
ct aps.
27. Serv i
cesandconnect i
onofser v
ices.
28. Priceofser vi
cesof fer edbywat erauthorit
y.
29. Nat ure,qual it
yf it
ti
ngandr epairserv i
cesandpr event
ionof
wast e.
30. Li
abi l
ityf orpay mentofr atesandchar ges.
31. Recov er yofov erduedebt s.
32. Powerofwat erauthor it
ytol aypipesonpr i
vat
elands.
33. Connect iont opi pesofwat erauthori
ty.
34. Stopv alve.
35. Bendsi npi pes.
36. Suppor tforpi pes.
37. Accessi bili
tytopi pes.
38. Connect ionwi t
hot herwat er.
39. Pipesnott obel ai
dt hroughdr ai
n.
40. Alertpi pe.
41. Bur i
edci sternspr ohibited.
42. Cisternssuppl ytoboi lers.
43. Dept hofpi pes.
44. Remov al ofunusedconsumerser vi
ceconnect i
on.
45. Requi rementofci stern.

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46. Publi
cst andpipe.
47. Fi
x i
ngandr epairofmet ers.
48. Positi
onofmet er.
49. Chargesi ncaseofi naccuratemet er
s.
50. I
nspectionandr emov alofmet er
s.
51. Testi
ngmet er
s.
52. Temper i
ngwi thmet ers.
53. Suspensionofsuppl y.
54. Disconnectionofwat ersupplyonnon- paymentofchar
ge.
55. Powert osuppl y wat eroutside wat eraut
hor
it
yarea.
56. Preventi
onofmi suse.

PARTIV
GENERALPROVISI
ONS
57. Generalof
fence.
58. Proofofli
abi
li
ty.
59. Board’
spowert omakeinst
rument
s.
60. Revocati
on.

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THEWATERSUPPLYANDSANI TATI
ONACT,
(ActNo.5of2019)
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REGULATI
ONS
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THEWATERSUPPLYREGULATI
ONS,
2019

PARTI
PRELI
MINARYPROVI SI
ONS
Ci
tat
ion 1. TheseRegul
ati
onsmaybeci
tedast
heWat
er
Suppl
yRegul
ati
ons,
2019.

Appl
i
cat
ion 2.-
(1) These Regul ati
ons shallappl yt o an area
designatedanddecl aredtobeaWat erauthorit
yandto
anyt oot herent i
tyorper sonprovidi
ngwat ersupply
andsani t
ationser v
ices.
(2)
Wher eanypr ovisiontotheseRegulationsapplytoa
communi t
y or ganization,legalent i
ty ora per son
mandat ed t o prov i
de wat ersupply and sani t
ati
on
servi
ces,anyr eferencet o wat eraut hori
tyshallbe
deemedt oi ncl
udecommuni tyorganizati
on,thelegal
enti
tyorsuchper son.

I
nter
pret
ati
on 3.In these Regul at
ions, unl
ess the cont ext
otherwiserequires:
“Act”meanst heWat erSupplyandSani t
ationAct;
“author
ized of f
icer
”means any of f
icer
,ser vantor
agentofawat erauthori
tyauthor
ized by t he wat er
authori
ty;
“Board”shallhav et
hemeani ngascri
bedtoitunderthe
Act;
“counci
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(a)ci tycounci l whenusedi nr elationt oaci ty;

(b)muni cipalcounci lwhenusedi nr elationt oa
muni cipality;
(c)di stri
ctcounci lwhen used i nr elation t oa
di stri
ct;
(d)town counci lwhen used i nr el
at i
on t oa
townshi p; and
(e)v i
llage counci lwhen used i nr elation t oa
v i
llage.
“ClassIl icense”meansal icencei ssuedbyEWURAt o
alicenseewhohasf inancial,techni cal andmanager ial
capabi l
ityt ooper at eal icensedf acilityandr ecov eral l
thecost sofoper at i
on;
“ClassI Il icense”meansal i
cencei ssuedbyEWURAt o
alicenseewhohast echnical and manager ial
capabi l
ityt ooper at eal icensedf acilit
yandr ecov ersal l
thecost sofoper ationex ceptpar tofi tsi nv estment
cost ;
“ClassI IIlicense”meansal i
censei ssuedbyEWURAt o
al icensee who get sf inanci al,manager i
aland
techni calsuppor tf r
om t heGov ernmentand
partiallyrecov er sitsoper ational cost s;
“communi tyor gani sat i
on”meansacommuni tybased
wat ersuppl yor gani zati
onest abl i
shed under
sect i
on32oft heAct ;
“consumer ”includesanyper sonorbodyofper sons
suppl i
ed, orappl y
ingt obesuppl ied wi th, or usi ng
wat erf rom wat erwor ksorr ecei vi
ngsani tati
on
serv ices,orwhoi sl iablef orpay mentofanyf eesor
otherchar gesf ort hesuppl y or use of wat er or
sani tati
onser vices;
Cap.
414 “EWURA” means t he Ener gy and Wat er Ut ili
ti
es
Regul at
or yAut hor ityest abli
shedunder theEner gyand
Wat erUt il
iti
esRegul atoryAut hor it
yAct ;
“l
icensee”meanst hehol derofCl assI ,IIorI IIand
i
ncl udest hehol derofapr ovisi
onal licenceast hecase
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“l
icensedact i
v i
ty”meansanact i
v i
tyr el at i
ngt oand
necessar yt ot hef ul
fil
lmentoft he suppl i
er’s
obligat i
onst opr ov i
deser v i
ces;
“l
icensedf aci l
ity”includeswat ersour cei nf rastruct ures,
buildings, wat ert reatment plant s, wast ewat er
treatmentpl ant s,pipes, associ atedequi pmentand
accessor iesandst oraget ank sf r
om whi chaper son
conduct sal icensedact ivi
tywhi ch i sdescr i
bed i na
l
icence;
“Managi ngDi rector”meanst heManagi ngDi rect orof
the Wat er Suppl y and Sani t
at ion Aut hority
appoi ntedi naccor dancewi t
hsect ion17oft heAct ;
“Mini ster ”meanst heMi nisterresponsi bl ef orwat er;
“mi suse”i nr elationt owat ermeansanyuseofwat er
i
ndi sobedi encet othet ermsand not ice gi v
en under
theseRegul ations;
“Regi strar ” means t he Regi strar of communi ty
organi z
at ion;
“RUWASA”meansRur alWat erSuppl yandSani tati
on
Agencyest ablishedundert theAct ;
“wast e”inr elat i
ont owat ermeanst heconsumpt ionof
wat erduet oanyf ail
ureont hepar tofaconsumer
tocompl ywi thanypr ovisionoft heActort hese
Regul ationswhi chi sapplicabl etoconsumer ’
s
serv i
ces;
“ser vicear ea”meansanar eadecl aredbyt heMi nister
forpr ov isionofwat ersuppl yand sani tation ser vi
ces
byawat eraut hor ity
;
“wat eraut hor i
ty ”meansawat ersuppl yandsani tati
on
author i
tyest abl ishedundersect ion9oft heAct ;
“wat erser vice cov erage”means t he pr opor tion of
popul ati
onwi t
haccesst owat ersuppl yex pr essedasa
percent ageoft hepopul ati
oni naser v i
cear ea;
“wat erwor ksar ea”meansanyar eaofl andorwat er
delineat edbyt heMi nisterasanar eaconnect edwi th
suppl yofanywat erwor ks.

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PARTII
ESTABLI
SHMENTANDMANAGEMENTOFWATERAUTHORI
TIES

Est
abl
i
shmen 4.-(
1)Subj ectt osect i
on9oft heAct , t
heMi ni
stermay ,
tofwat
er i
nconsul tati
onwi ththeMi nisterr esponsibleforl ocal
aut
hor
it
y gov ernmentaut hor i
tyandbynot i
ceintheGaz ette:
(a)decl areanar easpeci fiedi nthatnot i
ceasa
wat eraut horit
y ;
and
(b)cl usterwat eraut hor iti
es.
(2)An ar eat o bedecl ared awat eraut hori
t yora
clustered wat eraut hor i
t y shal latmi ni
mum be a
townshi p,di st rictheadquar t
er,r egionalheadquar t
er,
nationalwat erscheme ora cl usterofcommuni t
y
organi zati
ons.
(3) The not ice f or decl ari
ng a wat er aut hority
or
clustered wat er aut hor it
y shal l be i n t he f or
m
prescr i
bedi nt heFi r
stSchedul et otheseRegul ations.
(4)TheMi nist ermaydecl areanyest abl
ishedwat er
author i
ty or cl ustered wat er aut hor i
tyt o be a
commer cialwat eraut hor i
ty basi ng on t he cr i
teri
a
prescr i
bed i n t he Second Schedul e t o t hese
Regul ations.
(5)A Wat eraut hori
t yorcl ustered wat eraut horit
y
declaredasacommer cialwat ersuppl yandsani t
at i
on
author i
tyshal lbei ncat egor yAA orA aspr ovided
underr egul ation5.

Cat
egor
izat
io 5.-
(1)A wat erauthorit
yorcl ust
eredwat erauthor i
ty
nofwat
er est
ablishedi naccor dancewi t
hsect i
on9oft heAct
aut
hor
it
ies andt heseRegul ationsshallbeinf ourcategor
iesas
fol
l
ows:
(
a)cat egory AA: Those wi th wat er serv i
ce
coverage ofmor et han 85% and meetal l
operati
on,mai nt
enancecosts,depr
eciati
onand
ret
urnoni nvestment;
(
b)cat egory
A:Thosewi thwaterservi
cecov erage
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maint enancecost sanddepr eciati

on;
(c)categor yB:Thosewi t
hwat erser vicecov erage
ofmor et han65%andmeetal loper ati
onaland
maint enancecost s;
(d)categor yC:Thosewi t
hwat erser vicecov erage
oflesst han65% and meetoper ationaland
maint enance cost s ex cept par t of pl ant
el
ectr i
citycost sasshal lbedet erminedbyt he
Minister i n t he per formance assessment
i
nstrument .
(2)Thewat eraut horitiesundercat egoryA,BandC
shallber equi redt oimpr ovetheirperformancei nor der
to qual if
yt o a hi ghercat egory wi thi
nt he per iod
specifiedint heper f
ormanceassessmenti nst r
ument .
(3)The annualper formance anal ysis prepar ed by
EWURA i naccor dancewi t
hsect i
on29( 2)oft heAct
shallincluder ecommendat ionont hecat egor ywhi cha
Wateraut hor itymaybe pr omoted and a Cl ass of
l
icencewhi chmaybei ssuedt osuchWat eraut horit
y .

Pr
ocedur
efor 6.-
(1) Wi t
houtpr ej
udicet ot heprov i
si onsoft he
appoi
ntment Fir
stSchedul etot heAct ,thepr ocedur eforappoi nti
ng
ofboar
d Board member s ofa wat eraut hori
ty shal lbe i n
member
s accordancewi tht heseRegul ationsandoper ational
guideli
nest obei ssuedbyt heMi nister
.
(
2)A wat eraut hori
tyoper at i
ngatdi stri
cthead
quarterort ownshi pshal l,
uponbei ngdecl ar edawat er
authori
tyi ncat egor yAorAA,i tsboar dmember sbe
constit
ut edasawat eraut horityoper ati
ngatr egi onal
headquar ter.
(3)Thepr ocedur esf orappoi ntingt heboar dmember s
shallbeasf oll
ows:
(
a)ar epresent ati
vef rom t heMi nistryofWat er
shal l r ecommended by t he Per manent
Secr etaryandappr ovedbyt heMi nister;
(
b)subj ecttor egulati
on7( 3) ,thecity,muni cipal or
townshi pdi rectorshal lbeamemberbyv irt
ue

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ofhisof fice;
(
c)a r epresent ative f rom t
he r egi onal
admi nistrati
on shal l be t he r egi onal
admi nistrati
v esecr etar yorhi sr epr esent ative;
and
(
d)i
ncaseoft heot hermember s,t hreenames
shallber ecommendedf oreachposi ti
onand
the Mi nistershal lappoi ntone among t he
recommendednamest obeamemberf ort hat
positi
oni nt hef oll
owi ngmanner-
(i)f ort hechai rman,t henamesshal lbe
recommended by t he of fice oft he
regionaladmi nistr ativesecr etaryand
shallhol datl eastauni v ersit ydegr ee
orequi valent ;
(ii
)f ora r epresent at ive ofl ar ge scal e
wat er consumer s, t he names
recommended by t he Managi ng
Direct orshal lbe f r
om l ar ge scal e
wat erconsumer s accompani ed wi th
their av erage mont hly wat er
consumpt i
on;
(ii
i)for r epresent ativ e of t he l ocal
commer cialsect or ,thenamesshal lbe
recommended byt heassoci ation of
busi nessmen such as Tanz ania
ChamberofCommer ceI ndust r yand
Agr i
cul ture( TCCI A)and Chamberof
Commer ceandTr ade( CCT) ;
(iv)forr epresent at i
veofcounci ll
ors,t he
namesshal lber ecommendedbyf ull
Counci lmeet ing of t he r espect i
ve
counci l;
(v)f orrepr esent at i
v e ofdomest ic wat er
consumer s, t he names shal l be
recommended by t he f ul l Counci l
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towomen;
(vi
)forar epr esent ativeofwomen gr oups,
threenamesshal lber ecommendedby
thef ul lCounci lmeet ing.
(4)Inrecommendi ngandappoi nt i
ngt hemember s,t
he
responsible aut hor i
ty shal l consi der t he per son
recommendedorappoi nt edhas:
(a)atleastfor mf oureducat ionlev el;
(b)managementex per i
enceorser vedasaboar d
member ;
(c)a per manent r esi dent wi t
hi nt he ar ea o
foper ati
onoft hewat eraut hority;and
(d)goodr ecor dofpay mentofwat erbi l
ls.
(5) The r ecommendat i
on f or appoi nti
ng boar d
member s-
(a)incaseofwat eraut hor it
yoper atingatr egional
headquar ter, cl ust ered wat er aut hor i
ty or
nationalwat erpr ojectshal lbechannel edt othe
Ministerthrought her egional admi nistrati
on;
and
(b)incaseofwat eraut hor i
tyint heDi stri
ctand
townshi pl ev elshal lbe channel ed t ot he
Minister r esponsi blef or l ocalgov er nment
thr
ought heDi strictEx ecutiveDi rector.
(6)The r ecommendat ion f oreach r ecommended
personshal lbeaccompani edwi thacur ri
culum v it
ae
whichshal lincludei nfor mat i
onabouthi sage,gender ,
placeofresidence, lev el ofeducat i
on, academi c
qualifi
cati
on orpr of essi on,occupat i
on,r ecor ds of
paymentofwat erbi llsandex periencei nmanagement
andboar df unctions.

Compet
it
ive 7.-
(1)Wheret heMinist
erint
endstousecompet iti
ve
appoi
ntment procedurein appoi
nti
ng members underparagraph
ofboar
d 2(2)oft heFirstSchedul
e,thefoll
owing pr
ocedure
member
sof shallbecompli
edwith-
(
a)rel
evantregi
onaladmini
str
ati
onoffi
ceorlocal

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wat
er gov er nmentaut hor ity,as t he case maybe,
aut
hor
it
ies shal ladv ertiset hev acancyofaboar dmember
int hel ocalnewspaperofwi deci rcul ation, save
forcounci l
or ’
spostwhoseadv ertisementshal l
bei nacounci l’
snot i
ceboar d;
(b)submi ssi
onoft heappl i
cationst ot her elevant
regional admi ni stration of fi
ce or l ocal
gov er nmentaut hor i
tyast hecasemaybe;
(c)shor tlisti
ng and r ecommendat i
on of t hree
namesoft heappl i
cant st ot heMi ni sterbyt he
relev antr egi onaladmi nistrationof ficeorl ocal
gov er nmentaut hor i
tyast hecasemaybe; and
(d)appoi ntmentoft her ecomendedmemberby
the Mi ni
sterf r om t he l i
stsubmi tted byt he
relev antr egi onaladmi nistrationof ficeorl ocal
gov er nmentaut hor i
tyast hecasemaybe.
Provided t hatt he Mi ni stershal lappl y compet i
ti
ve
appoi ntment i n mak ing appoi nt ment of boar d
member sofwat eraut hor it
yi nr espectofcat egor yAor
AA.
(2) For t he post of Chai r
man, t he Regi onal
Admi ni strati
on Of ficeorl ocalgov ernmentaut hority
shallr ecommendt hr eenamesoft heappl icant st ot he
Minist er.
(3)Incaseofar epr esent at i
veoft heCounci lor,the
l
istoft heappl i
cant sshal lbesubmi t
tedt ot hef ull
counci lforsel ectiont hr oughv oti
ng, t
het hr eesel ected
namest oget herwi tht hecur ri
culum v i
taebasedon
rankingshal lbesubmi ttedt oRegi onalAdmi nistrati
ve
Secret aryf oronwar dr ecommendat iontot heMi nister.
(4)Fort her epresent at iveoft hel ocalcommer cial
sector ,t he appl i
cantshal lbe t he memberoft he
priv
at e sect or or gani z ati
ons such as Tanz ania
Chamber of Commer ce,I ndustry and Agr iculture,
Conf eder ationofTanz ani aIndust r
ies, Tanz aniaPr i
vate
SectorFoundat i
onorTanz aniaBank er’
sAssoci ation
resi
di ngi nt heser vicear eaoft hewat eraut hor i
ty.

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(5) For t he r epresent ati

ve of l arge scal e wat er
consumer s,ther elevantwat eraut horityshallsubmitat
l
eastf ivenamesoft helargescal ewat erconsumer st o
Regional Admi nistrat
ive Secr etary who wi l
l
recommend t hree names t oget her wi th t heir
curri
cul um v it
aet ot heMi ni
sterforappoi nt
ment .
(6)Wher et he ser vice area ofa wat eraut hor i
ty
trancesendsi nmor et hanoner egionaladmi nist
rative
boundar i
es,t hev acanciesshal lbeadv ert
isedandt he
applications shal l be submi tted t o the r egi
onal
admi nistrat i
on wher et he headquar teroft he wat er
author i
tyissi tuated.
(7)Ther elevantwat erauthorit
yshal lbearthecost s
i
nv olved i n t he r ecrui
tment pr ocess under t his
regulations.

Compet
it
ive 8.-(
1)Wher et heMi ni
sterintendst ousecompet i
tive
appoi
ntment procedureinappoi nti
ngRUWASA Boar dmemberas
ofboar
d prescri
bedunderpar agraph1( 5)oft heThi rdSchedul e
member
sof tot heAct,thef ollowingpr ocedur eshal lbecompl ied
RUWASA with-
(a)adver tisi
ngt hepostofboar dmemberi nt he
l
ocalnewspaperofwi deci rculati
on,relevant
noticeboar dsandwebsi tes;
(b)theappl icantshallbeaTanz aniancitizenand
shall submi thisapplicat
iont ot heMi ni
ster;
(c)Fort hepostofchai rman,t heMi nistershall
shor tli
stt hree names t ogetherwi t
ht heir
curricul a v i
tae and r ecommend t o t he
Presi dentf orappoi ntment ;and
(d)Fort he postofa memberr epresenting
non- publ icsector,theMi nistershallappointa
memberf rom theshor tl
istednames.
(2)RUWASA shal lbeart he cost sinv ol
ved i nt he
recrui
tmentpr ocessofRUWASABoar dmember s.

Fi
l
li
ng 9.Wher
eamemberceasest
obeamemberf
orany

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v
acancyi
n reason pri
ortot he expi
rat
ion ofhi st enure,the
Boar
d appoint
ingaut
hor
it
ymayappoi ntanotherpersoninhis
placeandtheper
sonsoappoi nt
edshal lhol
dt hepost
forther
emaini
ngterm ofhi
spredecessor.

Li
censi
ng 10.-(
1) I tshal lbet heobl i
gationofawat erauthorit
y
orpersont oappl yforal i
cencef r
om EWURA.
(2) A wat er aut hor ity or per son ot her than a
communi t
yor gani z ationshal lnotoper atewithouta
l
icensefrom EWURA.
(3)Al i
censei ssuedbyEWURAmayei therbeofcl ass
I,I
IorII
I.
(4)Not withst andi ngt hepr ovi
sionsofsubr egulati
on
(3),adeclaredwat eraut hor i
tywhi chhasnotqual i
fi
ed
forclassI ,I IorI I
Il icenseshal lbei ssued witha
provi
sionall icence f ora per iod ofnotmor et han
twentyfourmont hs.
(5)Any per son ot hert han a Wat eraut hori
ty or
Communi t
y Or gani zation shal lonl y operate under
classIli
cense.
(6)Thel i
censesi ssuedmayper mitthel i
censeet o
provi
deanyorcombi nat i
onoft hef ol
lowing:
(a)wat ersuppl yandsani t
ati
onser vi
ces;
(b)bul kwat ersuppl y ;
(c)wat ersuppl y;
(d)sani tationser vi
ces; and
(e)anyot herr elevantser vi
cer elat
edt ot he
prov isionofwat ersuppl yandsani tati
on
ser vices.

Assi
gnment 11.-
(1)TheMinist
ermay ,i
nwr i
tingandf oraspeci
fied
ofaddi
tt
ional peri
odoft ime,assignaddi ti
onalr esponsi
bil
i
tytoa
r
esponsi
bi
li
ty waterauthori
tyatr egionalheadquar t
erofpr ovi
ding
managementort echni calsupporttowat erauthorit
y
operati
ngatdistr
ictheadquar terort ownshi
pwi tha
vi
ewofi mprovi
ngser v
icedeliv
er y.
(2)TheMi ni
stermayassi gnRUWASAaddi ti
onal

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responsibilityofpr ov idingmanagementort echni cal

suppor t t o a wat er aut hor ity or communi ty
organisationwi thav i
ewofi mpr ov i
ngser vi
cedel ivery.
(3)The r esponsi bilityt o be assi gned undert his
regulati
onmaybei nt hear eaofpr ojectpr eparat i
on
andconst ructionorser vicedel i
ver y.
(4)Wher et heassi gnmenti sonpr ojectpr eparat i
on
and const ruction,t he Mi ni stershal lcause t o be
executedamemor andum ofunder standingbet ween
theMi nistryandt her el
ev antwat eraut hori
tydet aili
ng
theobl i
gat i
onsofeachpar t yandt hecost sofcar ryi
ng
outtheassi gnmentshal lbedef ray edf rom thepr oj
ect
costs.
(5)Wher et heassi gnmenti sonser vi
cedel i
v ery-
(
a)t her esponsi bili
tyofpr ovidingser viceshal l
vestt ot heBoar dofawat eraut horityat
regionalheadquar terorRUWASA ast he
casemaybe; and
(
b)t heBoar doft hewat eraut hori
tyoper at i
ng
atdi strictheadquar tersort ownshi pwi l
lbe
dissol vedt oal low t heBoar dofawat er
author i
ty at r egi onal headquar ters or
RUWASAt ohav ef ullcont rolofoper ations.
(6)Inunder takingt heassi gnmentundersubr egulat i
on
(5)a wat eraut hor ityata r egionalheadquar t
eror
RUWASAshal lbui l
dt hecapaci tyoft hewat eraut hor i
ty
atdi stri
ctheadquar ters ort ownshi pi n ar eas of
fi
nancial andoper at i
onal management .
(7)Uponex piryoft heper iodspeci f
iedpur suantt o
subregulat i
on( 1), t
heMi nist ermay -
(
a)ex t
endt heper i
odashe maydeem f itt o
enabl eat tainmentofser viceimpr ovement ;
(
b)r eappoi ntt heBoar doft hewat eraut horityat
districthead quar ter sort ownshi p ar eaand
direct t he wat er aut hority at r egional
headquar terst ohandov ert heoper ationst o
ther eappoi nt edBoar d; or

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(
c)cl
usterthewat
eraut
hor
it
iesi
nto onewat
er
aut
hori
ty.

Appoi
ntment 12.-(
1)Wher et he Mi nisterdi ssolves a Boar di n
of accordancewi ththeseRegul ati
ons, hemayappoi ntan
Admi
ni
str
ator admi ni
strat
ort o manage t he af f
air
s oft he water
authori
ty.
(2)Theadmi nist
ratorappoi ntedundersubr egulati
on
(1)maybeabodycor porateoracommi tt
eeandshal l
haveal lsuchpower sasmaybeex er
cisedbyt he
Board.
(3)Theadmi nist
ratorappoi ntedundersubr egulati
on
(1)shallremaininof fi
cef orsuchper i
odasi tmaybe
determinedbyt heMi ni
ster.
(4)TheMi nistershalltak eal lreasonablest epst o
ensuret hatmanagementofawat erauthorit
ywhi ch
hasbeenpl acedundert headmi nistr
atorpur suantto
subregulati
on(1)ishandedov ertoanewBoar d.

Ser
vicear
ea 13.-(
1)Theser vi
ceareaofaWat eraut hor
it
yshallbe
aspr ovi
dedi nt heActandasdef i
nedi ntheinst
rument
establi
shingt heWat eraut hor i
ty.
(2)Subj ecttot heprovisionsofsect i
ons13and30of
theAct, aperson, communi t yorganisati
onoranyother
l
egalent i
ty shallnot pr ovide wat er supply and
sanitat
ionser v i
ceswithint heser vi
cear eaofthewater
authori
ty ,exceptwher et hewat eraut hori
tyhasnot
extendedt heser vi
cest ot hepar t
iclarareaandsuch
areaisappr ov edbythewat erauthority
.

Cessat
ionof 14.-(
1)Whereawat eraut
horit
yex t
endswat ersupply
communi
ty and sanit
ati
on servi
cesin an areaserv i
ced byt he
or
gani
zat
ion communi t
yor ganiz
ati
onorper sonwi t
hinitsser v
ice
area,such communi t
yor gani
zati
on orper son shal
l
ceasetooperate.
(2)Whereawat eraut
hori
tyextendswatersupplyand
sanit
ati
on services in an ar ea ser
viced by t he

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communi t
y or gani z ati
on or per son whose wat er
suppl yandsani tat ioni nfrast ract urear enotpubl i
cly
ownedi nt ermsofsect ion33( 2)oft heAct ,awat er
author it
y shal li nitiat e a pr ocess ofent er i
ng i nto
arrangement swi thsuchcommuni tyor ganiz ati
onor
theper sonwi thav iew t oagr eeonhow t hewat er
author it
y assumes i tsr esponsi bil
ities ofpr oviding
servicesi nt hear ea.
(3)Thear rangement sr ef erredt oundersubr egulation
(2)shal lber educedi ntoagr eementandmayi nclude
provisions on t ransf eroft he asset st ot he wat er
author it
y,buy i
ngof ft heasset s,compensat ionorany
othermeansast hepar tiesmaydeem f i
t.Pr ov i
ded
thatt hev alueoft heassetorcompensat i
on,i fany ,
shallbeest abl i
shedbyanaut hor izedv aluer.
(4)Wher e,pur suantt osubr egul ations( 2)and( 3),
therei sdisagr eementbet weent hewat eraut horit
yand
thecommuni tyor gani zat ionort heper son, eitherpar t
y
mayr eferthemat tert oMi nist erf orr esol ution.
(5) Not hing i n t hese Regul at ions shal l be
const rued as aut hor i
z ing or v est i
ng r ight st oa
communi t
y or gani z ation or per son t o cont i
nue
providingwat ersuppl yandsani t
at i
onser viceswi thin
thear eaofoper at i
onoft hewat eraut hor it
y.

Per
for
mance 15.
-(1)Awat erauthor i
tyshal lexer
cisesuchpower s
t
ool
sof andperfor
m suchf unct i
onsaspr ov
idedforunderthe
wat
er ActandtheseRegul ations, andindoingsoitshal
ltake
aut
hor
it
y i
ntoaccountthefoll
owi ng;
(a)l
icenseissuedbyEWURA
(b)perf
ormancecont r
act;
(c)BusinessPl an; and
(d)anyotherr elevantinstrument.

Boar
d 16.The Mi ni
ster may dissol
vet he Boar d af
ter
di
ssol
uti
on consult
ati
on wit
ht heMinisterresponsibl
eforlocal
governmentunderthef
oll
owingcircumstances-

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(
a)wher et heBoar dobt ai
nanadv er
seopi ni
on
on audi ted account sfort wo consecuti
ve
years;
(
b)board’sf ai
luretosubst anti
all
ycompl ywith
i
tsobl igati
onsandf unct
ionsasstipul
atedin
theAct ,regulat
ionsand t heper for
mance
contract;
(
c)wher e t he wat er authorit
y’
s oper ati
ng
Cap414 l
icensehasbeen cancel l
ed byEWURA i n
accor dancewi tht heActorEWURA Act ;
and
(
d)wher e wat er aut hor
iti
es hav e been
clustered.

Remuner
ati
o 17.Themember soft heBoardshal lbepai dsuch
nBoar
d r
emunerati
onandall
owancesasshal lbeapprovedby
member t
he rel
evantauthor
it
y by tak
ing into accountthe
fi
nanci
alper
for
manceofarespect
ivewaterauthori
ty.

Appoi
ntment 18.-(
1)TheMi nistershal l
,pursuantt osect ion17of
ofManagi
ng theActandonr ecommendat i
onoft heBoar d,appoint
Di
rect
or aManagi ngDi r
ect or.
(2)I nr ecommendi ng orappoi nt
ing a per son to
become a Managi ng Di r
ector,t he Board and t he
Ministershal lhav e due r egardt othe pr ocedure
sti
pulatedi nt heoper at
ionalgui del
inesoft hewat er
authorit
ies.
(3)Wher e,i
mmedi atelyaft
erestabl i
shmentofawat er
authorit
y ,t
herei snoBoar dinpl ace,theMi nistermay
appointasui tableper sont oactasManagi ngDi rect
or
ofsuchwat eraut horit
y.
(4)TheManagi ngDi r
ectorshallbeunderapr obati
on
peri
odf orsixmont hsdur i
ngwhi chhisper for mance
shall be ev aluated and i f not sat i
sfact oryt he
appointingaut horitymayr evoket heappoi
nt mentand
appointanot herper son to become t he Managi ng
Dir
ector.

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Appl
i
cat
ion 19.-(
1)A consumeroranyper son on behal fofa
f
orwat
er consumershal lnotcommencet olay,al
ter,removeor
suppl
y extendanyconsumer ’sser vi
ceunl esst heconsumer
ser
vices ortheper sononbehal foft heconsumerhasappl ied
forandobt ai
nedaper mi ssi
oni nwr it
ingtodosof rom
thewat erauthorit
y.
(2)Thewat eraut hor
itymay ,ingr anti
ngtheper mission
tolay,alt
er,r
emov e,
orex tendt hesaidser v
iceappr ove
the place,f i
tti
ngs and ar rangement sf or l
ay i
ng,
remov i
ng,alt
eringorex tendingt hesaidserv i
ce.
(3) The appl icati
on f or wat er supply under t his
regulat
ionshal lbemadei nt hef orm containedint he
SecondSchedul etotheseRegul ati
ons.

PARTII
I
WATERSUPPLYSERVI
CES

Wat
erQual
i
ty 20.Awat eraut hori
ty,communityorganisati
onor
St
andar
ds anyper sonhav i
ngt heresponsil
i
tytopr ovidewat er
supplyservi
ces,shallensurethatt
hewat ersuppli
edt o
consumer s meett he prescri
bed quali
ty standar
ds
i
ssuedbyt heTanz aniaBur eauofStandardsandany
otherrel
evantauthority
.

Agr
eement 21.-(
1)Bef oreawat eraut hor
it
ysuppl ieswat ertoa
f
orwat
er consumer ,thel att
ershallmak eanappl i
cati
ont othe
suppl
y wateraut hori
tyi naccordancewi t
ht heseRegul ati
ons
andsubj ecttot heprescri
bedt ermsandcondi t
ions,
i
ncludi ng pay ment of such char ges as may be
applicablei nr espectoft hepur posef orwhicht he
wateri srequired.
(2) Wat er suppl y shallnot be t aken from t he
water work s of t he wat er authorit
y unl ess an
agreement t o suppl y t he same r equir
es t he
performanceoft heterms,conditi
onst hereofandany
mat tersr equired by these Regulations hav e been

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si
gnedbytheconsumerandthewateraut
hor
it
ytot
he
sat
isf
act
ionoft
hewateraut
hori
ty.

Useofwat
er 22. -(1)Thewat ersuppl i
edbyt hewat eraut hori
tyt o
anyconsumershal lbeusedonl yfort hepur poses
speci f
ied i ntheappl icati
on and t heagr eementf or
wat ersuppl yandi nthecaseofpubl icfount ains,for
thepur posesspeci fi
edbyt hewat erauthority.
(2)Thewat ersosuppliedbyt hewat eraut horitytoany
fi
re hy drant shallbe used f or the pur pose of
combat ingfir
eandshal lbesubjecttochar gespay able
byt heuserl i
keanyot herwat ersuppl iedbyt hewat er
aut hority,
Pr ov i
dedt hatthewateraut hor
it
ymayper mi tthewat er
from t hef i
rehy dr
anttobeusedf oranyot herpur pose
asi tmaydet ermine.

Rest
ri
cti
on 23.-(
1)Thesuppl yofwat erf orot herthandomest i
c
f
or purposesmaybegr ant edt oanyconsumeri ft hereis
non-
domest
ic suffi
cientwat ersuppl yanduponsuchcondi tionsas
pur
poses maybepr escr ibedbyt hewat eraut horit
y.
(2)Wher ev ert hewat eraut hor i
ty,hav i
ngr egar dt othe
stateoft hewat ersuppl yandot herwat err esour cesin
thear eaandt heex i
stingdemandsorl i
kelydemands
ofwat ersuppl yf ordomest icpur poses,may ,wi thor
withoutnot i
ce t o anyconsumerofwat erf ornon
domest i
cpur posesdi scont i
nueorot herwi
ser educeor
restr
ictthesuppl yort heuseort ak i
ngofsuchwat er
andi ndoi ngsot hewat eraut horit
yshal lnotbehel d
responsibl ef oranyl oss,i nconv enienceori njuryto
suchconsumeroranyper son.
(3)Itshal lbet hedut yofev eryper sont ocompl ywith
thet ermsofanynot icewhi chmaybegi venbyt he
Author i
tyundert hisRegul ationandanydi sobedi ence
tothet ermsoft henot iceshal lconst i
tuteav iolationof
theseRegul ations.
(4)Anot icegi v enundert hisr egulationmaybeser ved

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d.)

totheconsumerper sonal
ly,throughanadver
ti
sement
i
nt he Gazett
eal ocalnewspaperorbyanyot her
meansast hewat erauthorit
ymaydeem suf fi
ci
entto
bri
ng the infor
mat i
on t o t he knowl
edge of the
consumerli
kel
ytobeaf f
ected.

Ceasi
ngt
o 24.-(1) Wher e a consumer ceases t o occupy a
useWat
erof premi sessuppl ied wi t
h wat erorceaset o uset he
wat
er wat ersuppl i
edbyt hewat erauthority,suchconsumer
aut
hor
it
y shallgiveapr i
ornot i
ceofnotl esst hant hr
eeday sin
wr i
ti
ngt ot hewat erauthorit
yanduponr ecei
ptofsuch
notice,t he wat eraut horit
y shalldi sconnectwat er
suppl yattheex penseoft heconsumer .
(2)Theowner ,occupierorconsumerofanypr emises
l
iablef ort hepay mentofanywat errateandwhohas
givennot iceofhi sintenti
ont ovacat ethepr emisesor
ceases t o use t he wat ersuppl ied by t he water
author i
tyshal lpayt her atesup t ot heend oft he
calendar mont h i n whi ch such r emov al or
discontinuancet akesplace.

Publ
i
cTaps 25.-
(1)Thewateraut hori
tymaysuppl ywatertopubli
c
tapswhereveri
tthinksfitinanywat ersupplyareaand
i
tshallbeentit
ledtochar gef orthewat ersosuppli
ed
atpri
cesapprovedbyEWURA.
(2)Wher ethewatersuppl iedisf r
om publicfount
ain,
the waterauthori
ty shallnot if
yt he publicin any
manneri tdeemsf i
tont hepur posesf orwhichthe
watershallbeused,hour sduringwhi chwatermaybe
avai
labl
eandanyl i
mi tat
ion.

Ser
vicesand 26.-
(1)Ev eryconsumer ’
s ser
v i
ce,place,fit
ti
ng and
connect
ionof arr
angement sforconnecti
onofanysuchser vi
cewith
ser
vices thewat er
wor k
sshal lbeappr ovedinwr it
ingbyt he
wateraut hor
it
yas bei ng in confor
mi t
ywi ththese
Regulat
ions.
(2)Aconsumershal lnotbeentit
ledtosupplyofwater

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unl essand unt i

lev erysuch ser viceand t hepl ace,
fi
ttingsand ar rangement sf orconnect ing anysuch
ser vice hav e been appr oved as pr ov i
ded i nt hese
Regul ations.
(3)Aconsumerorot herper sonshal lnotconnector
causet obeconnect edanyconsumer ’sser vicet othe
wat erwor kswi thouthav i
ngobt ainedt heappr ovali n
wr iti
ng oft he wat eraut hority as pr ov ided under
subr egulation(2) .
(4)Ev eryconsumerr equi ringconnect ionorr enewalof
any connect i
on wi t
ht he wat erwor ks shal lmak e
appl i
cation t her eof t ot he Aut horityi nt he f orm
cont ainedi ntheFour thSchedul et ot heseRegul at
ions
andshal ldeposi ttot hewat eraut hor i
tyamountof
moneyequi v
alentt ot heest i
mat edcost sofdoi ngt he
wor katl easttwoday sbef oret hecommencementof
anywor k .
(5)Thedeposi tshal lbeequi valentt ot heest i
mat ed
recov erableex pendi tur emadebyt hewat eraut hority
.
(6)Thewat eraut hor ityshal lbeent it
ledt or ecov er
from t he consumer any ex cess t ot he deposi t
compar edwi t
ht heact ualex pendi tureandsi mi l
arly,in
caseofov erestimat ion, theconsumershal lbeent itl
ed
tot hebal ancebet weent hedeposi tandt heact ual
ex pendi ture.
(7)Fort hepur poses oft hisr egul ation,r ecov erable
ex pendi tureshal l i
nclude-
(a)prov i
ding and f i
x i
ng a f er rule or i ts
equiv alentont hewat eraut hor ity’smai ns;
(b)prov i
dingandf i
xingast opv alv e;
(c)costofex cav ationandal lmat er i
al r
equi r
ed
toconnect ,reneworr eplaceaconsumer ’s
service;
(d)mai ntaining sur face and per manent
rei
nst atement ;
(e)prov i
dinganyaddi tionall abourormat erial
;
and

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(f
)Wat erauthori
ti
es’charges equival
entt o
twenty per cent of the totalcost of
paragraphs(a)to(d)oraf i
xedchar geas
determinedbyt heauthor
it
yandappr ov
ed
byEWURA.
Pr
iceof 27.-(
1)Wat ersuppliedbythewat eraut
hor i
tyandany
ser
vices servi
ce prov i
ded by the wat erauthori
ty shallbe
of
fer
edby suppli
edatapr i
ceasmaybepr oposedbyt hewater
wat
er authori
tyandappr ovedbyEWURA.
aut
hor
it
y
(2)Ex ceptwhereitisother
wiseprovi
ded,thequantit
y
ofwat erregi
ster
edbyawat ermeterregardi
ngt he
wat ersuppli
edtoanyconsumershallbedeemedt obe
thequant i
tysuppl
ied.
(3)Wher e any consumeri s suppli
ed with water
withouta wat er meter such consumer shallbe
char gedataf l
atr
atepermont handsuchrateshallbe
appr ovedbyEWURA.

Nat
ure, 28.-(
1)Ev eryconsumer ’
s ser vice shal lbe ofsuch
qual
i
tyf
it
ti
ng nature,qual ity,sizeandpat t
ernandshal l:
andr
epai
r (
a)compl y wi t
h any speci f i
cation cont ained in
ser
vicesand these Regul ati
ons and be appr ov ed by t he
pr
event
ionof wat eraut horit
y;and
wast
e (
b)bel aid,install
ed, maintained, repai r
ed, renewed
or r emov ed so as t o conf or m t ot hese
Regul ations and at t he ex pense of t he
consumer .
(2)Aconsumer ’
sser vi
ceshal lnotatanyt imebei n
such def ective condi ti
on orl aid orf ixed i n such
posit
ion i n such manner as t o cause damage,
obstructiont oanyser vice,wat erorpol lutionofwat er
suppliedbyt hewat eraut hori
ty.
(3)Anaut hor izedof fi
cershal lhav et her ightofaccess
toaconsumer ’
spr emi sesf orpur posesofi nspecting
andt estingi nor dert oascer t
ainwhet hert henat ure,
quali
ty,f itti
ng orr epairser vi
ces conf orm t ot hese

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Regulati
ons and a consumer shal lper mit such
authoriz
edof ficert oenteri nt hepr emisest oper f
orm
suchdut i
es.
(4)Wher eanaut hor i
zedof f
iceri soft heopi nionthata
consumer ’sser viceisinsuchdef ecti
vecondi ti
onori s
l
aid orf ixed in such posi ti
on ormannerso ast o
i
nv olv
edamageorobst ructiont oanyser vi
ce, wasteor
pollut
ionasaf oresaid,hemaybynot i
cei nwr i
ting
requir
e such consumert ot ak e such measur esas
specifi
edi nt hesai dnoticei nor dert opr ev entsuch
damage, obst ruction,wasteorpol lut
ion.
(5)Itshallbet hedut yofanyconsumert ocompl ywith
suchnot icetot hesat i
sfactionoft hewat eraut horit
y
andanyconsumerwhof ail
sornegl ectst odoso,
breaches t hi
sr egulati
on and shal lbe gui l
t yofan
offence.
(6)Anynot i
cegi venundert hisr egulati
onshal lbe
substanti
allyi nt he form pr escri
bed i nt he Fifth
Schedulet otheseRegul ati
ons.

Li
abi
l
it
yfor 29.-(
1)Theoccupi erofanypr emi sesi nrespectof
pay
mentof whichr atesorchar gesar epay able,shallbeliablefor
r
atesand paymentt hereof.
char
ges (2)Whenanypr emi sesar eoccupi edbyt woormor e
persons,eachper sonshal lbej ointl
yand sev erall
y
l
iablef ort hepay ment soft heratesorchar gespay able
undersubr egulat
ion( 1).
(3)Wher eanycont ract ordef
aultsi npay mentofwat er
suppliedt ohi m ascont ract
or,t heper sononwhose
behalft hewor khasbeendoneori stobedonebyt he
contract orshal lbel iableforsuchpay ment,
andi fthat
personpay st hesameort hesamei srecoveredfrom
him,t hatper sonshal lbedeemedt ohavepai diton
behalfoft hecont ract orandmayr ecov eri
tf rom the
contract oraccor dingl y.

Recov
eryof 30.Wher
eaper
sonf
ail
stopayanyamountduet
ohi
m

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erSuppl
yRegul
ati
ons
GN.NO.828(
Cont
d.)

ov
erdue undert heActort heseRegul ati
onswithi
nt hi
rt
ydays
debt
s fr
om t hedat eoft henot i
ce,t hewaterauthori
tymay
suefor, oraut
hor i
zeanyper sononitsbehalftosuef
or
andr ecov ersuchsum t ogetherwithcostsandt he
expensesf ordisconnect
ingt hewatersuppl
y .

Powerof 31.Subj ectt osect ions21( b)and22oft heAct ,a

wat
er wateraut horitymay ,aftergi vi
ngr easonablenot i
cei n
aut
hor
it
yto writ
ingt otheowneroroccupi er,car ryanywat erpipe
l
aypi
peson thr
ough,acr ossorunderanyl andandmay ,atany
pr
ivat
elands ti
me,upongi v
ingsuchnot i
ceori ncaseofser i
ous
emer gencywi t
houtnot i
ce, enterint oanysuchl andf or
the pur poses of r epairi
ng,mai ntai
ning,r enewing,
remov i
ng,al tering,i
nspecting,at tendingt oort esti
ng
any such wat erpipe t hereon,wi thoutpay i
ng any
compensat ionbutmak i
nggoodorathi soptionpay i
ng
for damage done or occasi oned t hrough t he
operati
onsundert hi
sregulation.

Connect
ion 32.Theconnecti
onofeveryconsumer ’spi
pewi t
hany
t
opi
pesof pipeofthewateraut
hori
tymaybemadebymeansof
wat
er anappr ovedcl
ampsaddl e,hardbr assferr
ule,st
op
aut
hor
it
y ferr
uleoranyspecifi
ed connectorswi t
hunionand
shallbe made so as to have clearwat er
way of
approvedsiz
e.

St
opv
alv
e 33.-
(1)Aconsumershal lprocureast opvalvewithan
area of waterway not l ess than one and hal f
centi
meterspipeandnotgr eaterthanthatofthepipe
ofthewaterauthori
ty.
(2)Thestopv alvesshallbefitt
edbel ow thesurf
ace
andclosetotheboundar ywallsout si
dethepr emi
ses
ownedoroccupi edbyconsumerandpr ot
ectedbyan
approvedsur
faceboxatt heconsumer ’sexpenses.

Bendsi
n 34.Bendsi
npipesshal
lnoti
nanycasedi
mini
shor
pi
pes al
tert
hebor
eofthepi
pes.

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erSuppl
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ati
ons
GN.NO.828(
Cont
d.)

Suppor
tfor 35.Ever
ypipeusedbythewateraut
hori
tyi
nrespectt
o
pi
pes water connect
ionshal
lbeadequatel
ysuppor
tedand
shal
lbef i
xedasfaraspossibl
einordertoavoidair
l
ocks.

Accessi
bi
li
ty 36.Ev
erypi
peorfi
tt
ingwi t
hinabuil
dingshal
l,sofaras
t
opi
pes pr
acti
cabl
e,be pl
acedast obereadil
yaccessibl
efor
exami
nati
onbyawat eraut
hori
ty.

Connect
ion 37.Api pefortheconv ey
anceofori nconnecti
onwith
wi
thot
her watersupplied byt hewat erauthori
tyshallnotbe
wat
er connected with any pi pe,cist
ern,but t or ot
her
recept
acle used orcapabl e ofbeing used forthe
conveyanceorr ecepti
onofanywat erot
herthanwater
suppli
edbyt hewat eraut
hori
ty.

Pi
pesnott
o 38.-(1)Api peshal lnotbelaidsoast opassi nt
oor
bel
ai
d through any sewer or any manhol e connect ed
t
hroughdr
ain therewi t
hori nt
oort hroughanysept i
ctank,refusepit
orpit .
(2)Api peshal lnotbel aidoral l
owedt or emaini n
cont actwi t
h any f oulsoilorwi t
h any i njur
ious
mat erial
.Pr ovi
ded t hatifthe l ayi
ng ofsuch pi pe
throughf oulsoilcannotbeav oidedsuchpi pemaybe
sol aidifitissuffi
cientl
yprotectedf r
om cont actwith
soileitherbybeingcar ri
edthroughanex ter
iortubeof
appr ovedmat eri
alorbysomeot herapprovedsui t
able
means.

Al
ertpi
pe 39.-(1)Ev er
yst oragecist
ernorf lushingcist
ernshall
be pr ovided wi t
h an ov erfl
ow orwast e pipe so
arrangedast oactasawar ningpipe.
(2)Ev eryalertpipeshallbeplacedi nsuchaposi ti
on
asmayadmi tthedi schar
geofwat erf r
om suchalert
pipeout sidethebuildi
ngbeingreadilyaccessi
blebyan
officerorthewat erauthor
it
y.

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ons
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Cont
d.)

(3)Ov er
fl
ow orwastepipeotherthanawar ni
ngpipe
shallnotbeatt
achedtoanystorageci
sternorf l
ushi
ng
cist
ernsuppli
edwithwaterofthewat erauthori
tyand
everysuchov er
fl
ow orwastepi penotbei ngaal er
t
pipeshallber
emov edorconv
ertedint
oalertpipe.

Bur
ied 40.Aci ster
nbur i
edorex cavatedint hegroundshall
ci
ster
ns notbeused f orther ecept
ionorst or
ageofwat er
pr
ohi
bi
ted suppli
ed byt he Authorit
yunl ess the use ofsuch
ci
sternf orthe said purpose has been pr evi
ously
approvedinwriti
ngbythewat erauthori
ty.

Ci
ster
ns 41.A st eam boi
lerorotherhotwaterappar
atusin
suppl
yto whichwat ersuppli
edbyt hewateraut
hori
tyi
sused
boi
l
ers shallnotbesuppli
edotherwi
sethanthr
oughacist
ern
andballtapofanapprovedpat
ter
n.

Dept
hof 42.Ev erypipelaidi nconnect i
onwi thwat ersupplied
pi
pes byt hewat eraut hori
t ywhennotbeneat habui l
ding
shal
lbe l ai
d ata dept h ofnotl ess than si xt
y
centimetresbelowt hesur f
aceoft hegroundandi nthe
case ofany pi pe l aid underany r oad,streetor
pavementori nanyot hersit
uationwher eisexposedt o
theriskofdamageshal lbelaidnotatl essthanninety
centimetresbelow t hesur faceofsuchr oad,street,
pavementorshal lbepr ot
ectedt othesat i
sfacti
onof
thewat erauthori
ty.

Remov
alof 43.Everyconsumerwhoseconnect
ionservi
ceisout
unused ofuseshallcausethesametobeseal edoffbythe
consumer wateraut
hori
tyatt
heconsumer
’sexpenses.
ser
vice
connect
ion

Requi
rement 44.Wher e so requi
red by t
he wat
erauthor
it
y,a
ofci
ster
n consumerusingorint
endingt
ousewatersuppl
i
edby
thewaterauthor
ityorothert
handomesti
cpurposes

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erSuppl
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ati
ons
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Cont
d.)

shal
linst
allacist
ernf orthest orageofwatertobe
usedforsuchpurposes,capacityandspeci
fi
cati
onas
maybeappr ov
edbyt hewat erauthori
ty.

Publ
i
c st
and 45.-(1)Thewat eraut
hori
tymayer ectpubl
icstandpi
pe
pi
pe i
nanypar tofawat ersuppl
yar eaandmaysuppl y
wat erthroughsuchpipe.
(2)Thewat erauthor
itymayfrom t i
met otimemake
suchar r
angement sasi tshalldeem f i
tforcontrol
and managementofpubl i
c stand pipes and wi
th
regar dtot hehoursatwhichwat ermaybesuppl i
ed
theref r
om.

Fi
xi
ng and 46.-
(1)Al lmet ersshal lbe provided byt he water
r
epai
r of authorit
y.
met
ers (
2)Thecostoff ixi
ngandconnect inganymet er
withthewat erwor ks,includi
ngt her equisi
teval
v es
andot herappar at
us, shall
bepai dbyt heconsumer .
(3)The met ershal lbe mai ntai
ned by t he water
authorit
yinpr operr epai
randgoodwor kingor
der,but
thecostofr epai r
st odamaget heretocausedbyf ire,
negli
gence, ordef ectofanyconsumer ’
sservi
ceshal l
bepaidbyt heconsumer .

Posi
ti
on of 47.-(
1)Ev erymetershallbeplacedinsuchaposi ti
on
met
er as an aut hori
zed of fi
cer may det ermine in
consul t
ati
onwi ththeowneroft hepr emiseandas
closeaspossi bl
et ot heout si
deboundar yoft he
premi se.
(2)Ev erymetershallbeplaceinaposi ti
oneasierf
or
i
nspect ion byan aut hor
ized offi
cer
,who shal lbe
entit
ledt ohavefreeaccesst heretoforanypurpose
providedforintheActorundert heseRegulati
ons.

I
naccur
ate 48.-
(1)Ametershal
lnotbeusedorcont i
nuetobe
met
ers usedformeasur
ementofwatersupplybythewater
author
it
y whereitfound on inspect
ion by any

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erSuppl
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ons
GN.NO.828(
Cont
d.)

authorizedoffi
certobei naccurat
e.
(2)Amet ershallbedeemedt obei naccurat
ewher e
anyer r orshown exceeds t he mar gi
n off i
ve per
centum eitherway .
Prov i
ded thata met erso f ound in errorshal
lbe
deemedt ohav eacquiredsucher r
ornotmor ethan
thr
eemont hsfrom thereporti
ngdate.
(3)Wher e a customerr equest
s measur ementof
met erbyaper sonothert hant hewat erauthori
ty,
such a cust omershal lbeart he costs ofsuch
measur ement .

Char
gesi
n 49.Wher einanycaseanymet erceasest oi
ndi cate
caseof cor
rectl
yt hequant ityofwat erpassingt hroughi t,the
i
naccur
ate waterauthori
tyshal lesti
mat ethecor rectr egi
st r
ation
met
ers i
nanyoft hef oll
owi ngway s:
(a)by compar ison witht he quant ity ofwat er
supplied under si milar condi ti
ons dur ing
someot herper i
od;
(b)by compar ison witht he quant ity ofwat er
suppliedaf terthemet erhasbeenr estoredt o
properor der;
(c)by compar ison wi tht he registrati
on ofa
substitutemet erusedt empor ar
ilyinpl aceof
thedef ectiv
emet er;
(d)by appl ying a correction factorwher et he
met erisf oundt ohav eaconsi stenter r
orof
regist
ration; or
(e)by any ot her reasonabl e basis whi ch i s
consideredequi t
ablebyt hewat eraut hority
,
hav i
ng regar dt ot heci r
cumstancesoft he
case.

I
nspect
ion 50.The waterauthori
ty may from time tot i
me,
andr
emov
al thr
oughanauthor
izedoffi
cerinspectanymeterand
ofmet
ers mayremovethesamef orthepurposesoftest
ingthe
accur
acy ther
eof,f or the exami nat
ion, repai
r,

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erSuppl
yRegul
ati
ons
GN.NO.828(
Cont
d.)

subst
it
uti
ngf
ori
tanot
hermet
erorsuspendi
ngwat
er
suppl
y.

Test
ing 51.-(1)The wat eraut horityshallt esta customer
met
ers met eratleastoncei nev eryfiveyearsandshallkeep
recordt hereofindicati
ngmet ermake,numberand
size,dateandmet ert esti
ngr esul
ts.
(2) Aconsumermayr equireamet ertobetestedby
thewat eraut hor
it
yatal lti
mesandwher ethemet er
i
sf oundt obeaccur ate,theconsumershal lpaythe
whol eoftheexpensessoi ncurr
ed.
(3) Amet ershallbedeemedt obeaccur ateifany
errorshowi slessthanf ivepercentum eit
herway .

Temper
ing 52.-
(1)Amet ershal
lnotbemov ed,di
sconnected,or
wi
thmet
ers i
nanywayal ter
edori nt
erfer
edwi th,exceptbyt he
waterauthor
it
y.
(2)When anyal ter
ati
on is necessaryorr epairis
requi
red,not
icetothateffectshallbegi ventot he
waterauthor
it
y.

Suspensi
on 53.-
(1)Wi thoutpr ejudice tot he generali
tyoft he
ofsuppl
y powersofawat eraut hor i
tyst i
pulat
edi nt heActor
undert hese Regul ations,a wat eraut horit
y may
suspendsuppl yofwat eronnot i
cet othecust omer
upon occur ance of any of t he f oll
owi ng
ci
rcumst ances-
(a)the consumer has r efused an aut horized
of f
icerorwor kmant oent erintohispr emi ses
fort he pur poses ofi nspecti
ng,exami ni ng,
testingordi schar ginganyoft heirdut i
es;
(b)theconsumer ’sser vi
ceorconnect i
onwi tht he
wat erworks does not conf orm t o these
Regul ati
onsorbei ngsoconst r
uctedandused
doesnotef fect i
velypr eventwast e,orwat er
polluti
on;
(c)the consumerwast es,mi suses orpol lutes

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ons
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Cont
d.)

watersuppl iedbythewat erauthori

ty;
(d)wheret hewat erauthorit
yneedst or epai
ror
readj
ustanywat ermet er;and
(e)consumeri sinbreachofanyoft heprov i
sions
ofRegulat i
ons.
(2)Thewat eraut horit
ymay ,af t
ergivi
ng apubl i
c
noti
ce,suspendt hesuppl yofwat ereit
herwhol l
yor
part
lyinanyoft hef ol
lowingcircumstances:
(a)wheret her eisnosuf f
ici
entsupplyofwat er;
and
(b)wheret hewat erauthorit
yneedst or epai
ror
readj
ustt hewat erworks.

Di
sconnect
io 54.-
(1)Thewat eraut horitymaycutof forwi t
hdraw
nofwat
er thesuppl yofwat ert oanypr emisesi nr espectof
suppl
yon whichanyr at
esorchar gesi nconnect i
onwi ththe
non-
pay
ment supply are notf ully paid wi thint hir
ty days after
ofchar
ges noti
ficat
ionbyt hepr escri
bedaut hority
.
(2)Awat erbillinr espectofpay mentofanyr ateor
chargeissuedbyawat eraut hor i
tyandwhi chbear s
thewor ds“ thebillisanot ice”shal lbedeemedasa
noti
ceundert hisregulation.
(3)Thenot icerefer r
edt oi nsubr egulati
on( 1)shal
lbe
i
naf orm pr escri
bedi nt heSi xthSchedul et othese
Regulati
ons.

Powert
o 55.TheMinist
ermayauthori
zeawat eraut
hor
it
yt o
suppl
ywat
er suppl
ywateroutsi
dei
tsareaofj
uri
sdi
cti
onwher
et he
out
sidewat
er ci
rcumst
ancesnecessi
tat
edoingso.
aut
hor
it
yar
ea

Pr
event
ionof 56.-
(1)Itshal lbelawfulforawat eraut
horityatany
mi
suse ti
me, wheni tdeemsi tnecessaryandexpedi entt
odo
so,by not i
ce int he Gazet t
e and also i nthree
consecutiveissuesofalocal newspaperto-
(
a)r equir
econsumer st oconser vewatersuppl
ied
by any means ofwhat soeverkind ther
ein

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ati
ons
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Cont
d.)

direct ed, tobet aken; and

(b)pr ohi bitorr est ricttheuseofwat ersuppl i
ed
foral loranyoft hef ollowingpur poses-
(i
)f or wat ering gar den,r ecr eation ground,
road orpat hway ,unl esssuch wat erhas
already been r easonabl yused f orany
other l egitimat epur pose;
(i
i)f orwashi ngmot orv ehiclesoranyki ndof
wheel edv ehi cle;
(i
ii
) forwashi nganyot heri mpl ement ,arti
cleor
thingspeci fiedi nt hesai dnot ice;
(i
v) forany ot heruse ot hert han domest i
c
pur poses.
(2)Thenot icer eferredt oinsubr egul at i
on( 1)shallbe
i
nt hef or m pr escribedi nt heSev ent hSchedul et o
theseRegul ations.
(3)Ont hepubl icationofsuchnot i
ceandunt i
lthe
samehasbeencancel ledi tshal lbet hedut yofev ery
persont o compl ywi tht het ermst her eofandany
personwhof ailtoconser vet hewat er,andsouseor
permi ttobeusedanywat erinanywaycont raryt o
thepr ohi bitionorr est rict
ionspeci fiedorot herwi se
disobeyt het ermsoft hesai d not icecommi tsan
offenceagai nstt heseRegul ati
onsandshal lbegui l
ty
ofmi susi ngt hewat er .

PARTIV
GENERALPROVISI
ONS

Gener
al 57.Anyper sonwhocommi t
sanof fenceunderthese
of
fence Regulati
ons,forwhich no punishmenti sspeciall
y
provi
dedf orundert
heAct ,shal
l,uponconv i
cti
onbe
sentencedt opayafinenotexceedi ngonehundr ed
thousandshill
i
ngsortoi mpri
sonmentf oraterm not
exceedingtwelvemonthsortoboth.

Pr
oof of 58.I
nanyact
ionf
ort
her
ecov
eryofanyamountdue

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erSuppl
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Cont
d.)

l
i
abi
l
it
y undert heAct,acer t
ifi
cateundert hehandoft he
prescri
bedauthorit
yorofanyper sonauthor i
zedby
the prescri
bed authori
tyon t hatbehalft hatsuch
amounti s dueandt hatthedefendanti
st heper son
l
iabletopayt heamountdue,shal l
,intheev entof
non-paymentprov ethatthedef endanti
stheper son
l
iableforthepaymentt hereof
.

Boar
d’s 59.
-(1)Inperf
ormingi
tsadmini
str
ati
veandfi
nancial
powert
o duti
es,the Boar
d shal
lcause t
o be pr
epar
ed the
mak
e fol
l
owi ngi
nstr
uments:
-
i
nst
rument
s
(
a)FinancialRegul ati
ons;
(
b)StoresandPur chaseRegulat
ions;
(
c)StaffRegul ati
ons;
(
d)SchemeofSer v i
ce;
(
e)BusinessPl an;
(
f)AssetManagementPl an;
(
g)Client
sSer v i
ceChar ter;
and
(
h)anyot herinstrumentast heBoar dmaydeem
necessary.
(2)TheBusi nessPl anandt heAssetManagement
Plan shallbe submi tt
ed to EWURA f or r eview
whereasCl i
entsSer viceChar t
ershal
lbesubmi ttedt o
EWURAf orapprov al
.
(3)TheRegul at
ionsmadeundersubr egulat
ion( 1)
maynotbepubl ishedi ntheGazettebutt heBoar d
shallbri
ng t he not i
ce ofsuch Regul ati
ons t o all
personsori nsti
tut i
onsl i
kel
yt obeaf fectedbyt he
Regulat
ionssomade.

Rev
ocat
ion 60.TheWat
erSuppl
yRegul
ati
ons,2013ar
eher
eby
GNNo.90of rev
oked.
2013

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RSTSCHEDULE
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THEWATERSUPPLYANDSANI
TATI
ONACT
(
ActNo.5of2019)

DECLARATI
ONOFWATERSUPPLYANDSANI
TATI
ONAUTHORI
TY
_
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CE
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hepower
sconf
err
eduponmebysect
ion9oft
heWat
erSuppl
yand
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tat
ionAct
,I………………………….
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…..
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erdoher
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are…………………………………….
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erSuppl
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tat
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Cont
d.)

FORM 2

THEWATERSUPPLYANDSANI
TATI
ONACT
(
ActNo.5of2019)

DECLARATI
ONOFCOMMERCI
ALWATERSUPPLYANDSANI
TATI
ONAUTHORI
TY
_
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NOTI
CE
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ion9andr
ule4)
_
___
__

I
NEXERCI
SEoft
hepower
sconf
err
eduponmebysect
ion9oft
heWat
erSuppl
yand
Sani
tat
ionAct
,I………………………………Mi
nist
err
esponsi
blef
orWat
erdoher
eby
decl
are…………………………………………….
.tobeacommer
cial
Wat
erSuppl
yand
Sani
tat
ionAut
hor
it
yinCat
egor
y……….
..ef
fect
ivef
rom …….
.dayof…………20……

I
tsar
eaofoper
ati
oni
sasappendedher
eto.

Madet
his………………dayof………………………….20….

…………………………………………….
.
DaresSal
aam, Mi
nist
erf
orWat
er

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 Wat
erSuppl
yRegul
ati
ons
GN.NO.828(
Cont
d.)

FORM 3

THEWATERSUPPLYANDSANI
TATI
ONACT
(
ActNo.5of2019)

DECLARATI
ONOFACLUSTEREDWATERSUPPLYANDSANI
TATI
ONAUTHORI
TY
_
___
__
NOTI
CE
_
___
__
(
Madeundersect
ion9andr
ule4)
_
___
__

I
NEXERCI
SEoft
hepower
sconf
err
eduponmebysect
ion9oft
heWat
erSuppl
yand
Sani
tat
ionAct
,I………………………………Mi
nist
err
esponsi
blef
orwat
erdoher
eby
decl
are………………………………………………….
.tobeaCl
ust
eredWat
eraut
hor
it
y
i
nCat
egor
y……….
..ef
fect
ivef
rom ……….
.dayof…………20………….
…

Thecl
ust
eredwat
eraut
hor
it
iesar
easf
oll
ows
(
a)……………………………………Wat
erSuppl
yandSani
tat
ionAut
hor
it
y
(
b)…………………….
………………Wat
erSuppl
yandSani
tat
ionAut
hor
it
y
(
c)……………………….
…………….
Wat
erSuppl
yandSani
tat
ionAut
hor
it
y

I
tsar
eaofoper
ati
oni
sasappendedher
eto.

Madet
his………………dayof………………………….20….

…………………………………………….
.
DaresSal
aam, Mi
nist
erf
orWat
er

35
 Wat
erSuppl
yRegul
ati
ons
GN.NO.828(
Cont
d.)

_
___
___
__
SECONDSCHEDULE
_
___
___
___
_
(
Regul
ati
on19(
3))
_
___
___

APPLI
CATI
ONFORWATERSUPPLY

To:
The………………………………………………………………………….
.Wat
eraut
hor
it
y

(
1)I
/we………………………………….
..Makeappl
i
cat
ionf
orasuppl
yforwat
ert
otheunder
ment
ionedpr
emi
sessubj
ectt
otheWat
ersuppl
yRegul
ati
onsandatt
hechar
ges
i
mposedandf
ixedbyt
heWat
eraut
hor
it
yandappl
i
cabl
etot
hepur
posef
ort
he
pur
posef
orwhi
cht
hesuppl
yisr
equi
redandI
/weagr
eet
opayf
ort
hechar
ges.

(
2)I
/weappl
yforper
missi
ont
olay
/remov
e/al
ter
/ext
endt
heser
vicesi
nrel
ati
ont
o
t
hewat
ersuppl
yatmy
/ourpr
emi
ses.

A.Pr
emi
ses
Addr
essofpr
emi
ses(
str
eet
,pl
ot(
blockno,
areaandDi
str
ict
)……………………

Descr
ipt
ionofpr
emi
ses(
Resi
dent
ial
,i
nst
it
uti
on,
commer
cial
ori
ndust
ri
al)
……………………………………………………………………………………

No.ofwat
ercl
oset
s…………………………………………….
.…………………
No.ofur
inal
s………………………………………………………………………
No.ofbat
hs……………………………………………………………………….
.
No.ofst
and-
pipe………………………………………………………………….
..
No.ofwashbasi
ns…………………………………………………………………
No.ofsi
zeandot
herdr
aw-
off
..
……………………………………………………

B.Ser
vice:
Nat
ureofser
vicei
nrespectofwhi
chappl
i
cat
ioni
smade………………………
Pur
posef
orwhi
chwat
err
equi
red,
stat
ingt
hef
ull
par
ti
cul
arsi
ncaseofnon-
domest
ic
pur
poses…………………………………………………………………………

36
 Wat
erSuppl
yRegul
ati
ons
GN.NO.828(
Cont
d.)

Nameofapl
umberorcont
ract
orempl
oyedt
ofi
xpi
pes,
tapsandot
herappar
atus.

Iunder
takenott
ohav
ethewor
kbegunbef
oret
heconsentoft
heWat
eraut
hor
it
yis
r
ecei
vedandt
ohav
ethewor
kcar
ri
edouti
naccor
dancewi
tht
hewat
ersuppl
yRegul
ati
ons
t
othesat
isf
act
ionoft
heWat
eraut
hor
it
y.If
urt
herunder
taket
onot
if
ythewat
eraut
hor
it
y
assoonast
hewor
kiscompl
eteandt
ogi
vef
aci
l
iti
esf
ori
tsi
nspect
ionbyt
heWat
er
aut
hor
it
ywhosepr
operchar
gesi
nconnect
ionwi
tht
hewor
kunder
taket
opayi
nadv
ance.
Si
gnat
ureofAppl
i
cant……………………………………………….
Addr
essi
nful
l……………………………………………………….
.
Mobi
l
enumber
……………………………………………………….
.
Landl
i
ne………………………………………………………………
E-
mai
l
…………………………………………………………………

Appl
i
cat
iondat
e ……………………………………………………

Ent
ryi
nWat
erSuppl
yAppl
i
cat
ionRegi
ster

Fol
i
o………………………….
.Ent
eredby
……………………………………………

Si
gnat
ureoft
heowner…………………………………….
.………………………….
Addr
essi
nful
l…………………………….
.………………………………………….
.
Mobi
l
enumber
………………….
.…………………………………………………….
.
Landl
i
ne…………………………………………………………………………………
E-
mai
l
……………………………………………………………………………………

C.CERTI
FICATE

(
TheCer
ti
fi
cat
emustbesi
gnedbyt
heowneroft
hepr
emi
sesconcer
ned
andshal
lat
tachev
idenceofowner
shi
p).

Passpor
t
si
ze
phot
ogr
aph
oft
heowner
Icer
ti
fyt
hatIam t
heowneroft
hepr
emi
sesr
efer
redt
oint
heappl
i
cat
ionandIagr
eet
hat
t
hepr
emi
sesbesuppl
i
edwi
thwat
erf
rom t
hewat
erwor
ksasf
rom ……………………

37
 Wat
erSuppl
yRegul
ati
ons
GN.NO.828(
Cont
d.)

Si
gnat
ureoft
heowner………………………….
………………………………………….
Addr
essi
nful
l…………………………………………….
……………………………….
.
Mobi
l
enumber
…………………………………………………………………………….
.
Landl
i
ne……………………………………………….
……………………………………
e-
mai
l
………………………………………….
……………………………………………
_
___
___
___
_
THI
RDSCHEDULE
_
___
___
___
_
(
Regul
ati
on26(
4))
_
___
___
___
_

APPLI
CATI
ONFORWATERCONNECTI
ONORRENEWALOFWATER
CONNECTI
ONTOPREMI
SES

To:
The………………………………………………………………….
..Wat
eraut
hor
it
y
Thepi
pesandf
it
ti
ngsi
ntheundert
he
ment
ionedpr
emi
sesar
enowr
eadyf
ori
nspect
ionandI
r
equestt
ohav
ethenecessar
yconnect
ionmadewi
tht
hewat
erwor
ks.

St
reetandNo.……………………………………………………………………….
……….

Bel
ongi
ngt
o………………………………………….
.…………………….
……………….

Occupi
edby…………………………………………………………………….
..
………….
.

No.oft
hehousesordescr
ipt
ionsoft
hepr
emi
ses………………………………………….
………

Pur
posef
orwhi
chwat
eri
srequi
red……………………………………………………….

Ci
ster
n……………………….No.…………………Capaci
ty………………………….

Wat
er…………………….
.

St
andpi
pes……………………No…………………………………………………………

Bat
hs…………………………No.
…………………………………………………………

38
 Wat
erSuppl
yRegul
ati
ons
GN.NO.828(
Cont
d.)

Washbasi
ns………………….
.No………………………………………………………….

Ur
inal
s………………….
.No…………………………………….
.……………………….

Heat
ingappar
atus………………….
.No………………………………………………….
.

Washi
ngappar
atus………………….
.No………………………………………………

Di
amet
erandt
ypeofpi
pe…………………………….
.……………………………….
.
Descr
ipt
ionofcooks(
maker
’nameort
rademar
k)……………………………………….
.

Descr
ipt
ionofTaps(
maker
snameandt
rademar
k)………………………………………

Si
gnat
ure………………………………………………………………………………….

Addr
essi
nful
l…………………………………………………………………………….
.

Mobi
l
enumber
…………………………………………………………………………….
.

Landl
i
ne……………………………………………………………………………………

e-
mai
l
………………………………………………………………………………………

Exami
nedont
he……………………………….Dayof…………………………………
Andf
oundt
obei
ncompl
i
ancewi
tht
heRegul
ati
ons

Si
gned……………………………………wat
ersuppl
yinspect
or

Ent
ryi
nWat
ersuppl
yNot
iceRegi
ster

Fol
i
o…………………….
………Ent
eredby………………….
.……………………….
.

39
 Wat
erSuppl
yRegul
ati
ons
GN.NO.828(
Cont
d.)

_
___
___
___
FOURTHSCHEDULE
_
___
___
___
(
Regul
ati
on28(
4))
_
___
___
___

NOTI
CEOFDEFECTI
VEWATERSUPPLYSYSTEM

To:
………………………………………………

Si
r/
Madame,

Youar
eher
ebynot
if
iedt
hatt
heser
vicesaty
ourpr
emi
sessi
tuat
edat………………….
.
hav
ebeeni
nspect
edandf
oundt
obei
nadef
ect
ivecondi
ti
on,
thuscausi
ng:

(
1)damageorobst
ruct
iont
opi
pes,
fit
ti
ngs,
etc.
(
2)wast
eofwat
er.
(
3)pol
l
uti
onofwat
er.

Par
ti
cul
arsoft
hedef
ect
s:

1……………………………………………………………………………….
2.……………………………………………………………………………….

Byt
hisnot
icey
ouar
erequi
redt
otakemeasur
esdi
rect
edher
einwi
thi
n………day
sfr
om
t
hedat
eoft
hisnot
icei
nor
dert
orect
if
ythesai
ddef
ect
s.

Measur
est
obet
aken-
1.……………………………………………………………………………….
2.……………………………………………………………………………….

_
___
___
___
___
___
___
__

………………………Wat
eraut
hor
it
y

40
 Wat
erSuppl
yRegul
ati
ons
GN.NO.828(
Cont
d.)

41
 Wat
erSuppl
yRegul
ati
ons
GN.NO.828(
Cont
d.)

_
___
___
___
FI
FTHSCHEDULE
_
___
___
___
(
Madeunderr
egul
ati
on54(
3)
_
___
___
__

NOTI
CEOFDI
SCONNECTI
ONOFWATERSUPPLY

To:
…………………………………………………

Youar
eher
ebynot
if
iedt
hat
,wat
ersuppl
yser
vicesaty
ourpr
emi
se(
s)wi
l
lbecutof
fduet
o
t
her
eason(
s)speci
fi
edher
eunder…………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………

Si
gnat
ure………………………………….
.………………………………………………

Addr
essi
nful
l…………………………………………………………………………….
.

Mobi
l
enumber
…………………………………………………………………………….
.

Landl
i
ne……………………………………………………………………………………

E-
mai
l
………………………………………………………………………………………

Ent
ryi
nWat
erSuppl
yNot
iceRegi
ster

Fol
i
o…………………….
………Ent
eredby………………….
.……………………….
.

42
 Wat
erSuppl
yRegul
ati
ons
GN.NO.828(
Cont
d.)

_
___
___
___
_

SI
XTHSCHEDULE
_
___
___
___
_
(
Madeunderr
egul
ati
on56(
2)
_
___
___
___

PREVENTI
ONOFMI
SUSEOFWATER

Thegener
alpubl
i
cisputonnot
icet
oconser
vewat
ersuppl
i
edby………….
.wat
eraut
hor
it
y,
byst
ri
ctl
ycompl
yi
ngwi
tht
hef
oll
owi
ngpr
ohi
bit
ion:

Theuseofwat
ersuppl
i
edbyt
he.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.Wat
eraut
hor
it
y
i
spr
ohi
bit
ed,unt
ilf
urt
hernot
ice,
tobeusedf
oranyoft
hef
oll
owi
ngpur
poses:
-

(
i) f
orwat
eri
ngagar
den,
recr
eat
iongr
ounds,
roadsorpat
hway
s,sav
ewher
e
suchwat
erhasal
readybeenusedf
oranyot
heruseper
mit
tedbyt
heaut
hor
it
y.
(
ii
)forwashi
ngmot
orv
ehi
clesoranyot
herki
ndofwheel
edv
ehi
cle.

Dodoma, MAKAMEM.MBARAWA
24thOct
ober
,2019 Mini
sterf
or
Water

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