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WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 171B

Water supply function of Melbourne Water Corporation

Melbourne Water Corporation has the following functions—

        (a)     to provide, manage, operate, maintain and protect water supply systems for the supply of water to all or any of the following—

S. 171B(a)(i)(ii) repealed by No. 23/2019 s. 108(1).

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              (iii)     the holder of a bulk entitlement to water in the works of Melbourne Water Corporation granted under Division 1 of Part 4;

S. 171B(a)(iv) amended by No. 23/2019 s. 73.

              (iv)     an Authority that has a water supply district or an irrigation district;

              (v)     any other person or class of person prescribed for the purposes of this section;

              (vi)     any person with whom Melbourne Water Corporation has an agreement to   supply water that is in force immediately before the commencement of section 162 of the Water (Governance) Act 2006 ;

        (b)     to identify community needs relating to water supply and to plan for the future needs of the community relating to water supply;

S. 171B(c) amended by No. 23/2019 s. 108(2).

        (c)     to supply water to all or any of the persons referred to in paragraphs (a)(iii) to (vi);

        (d)     to develop and implement programs for the conservation and efficient use of water;

        (e)     to manage, operate, maintain and protect water storages for the collection, harvesting, storage, treatment and distribution of water;

        (f)     to carry out the operational, environmental, financial and reporting obligations in any bulk entitlement to water in any works of Melbourne Water Corporation;

        (g)     to provide and maintain facilities for the recreational use of water storages and surrounding areas, where this use is compatible with the protection of a water storage and the other uses to which the water in the water storage may be put;

        (h)     to protect the ecological values of water storages, and to develop and implement programs related to the ecological values of water storages.

S. 171C inserted by No. 85/2006 s. 71.



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