An Act respecting the Société québécoise d'assainissement des eaux (R.S.Q., c. S-18.2.1). Country/Territory Canada Territorial subdivision Québec Document type Legislation Date 1980 (2010) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Institution Pollution control Freshwater pollution Potable water Waterworks Research Sewerage Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract A legal person is established under the name of “Société québécoise d'assainissement des eaux”. The objects of the Société are to: 1) design, construct, improve, enlarge, put into operation, finance or operate water purification works for the needs of the municipalities or to carry out rehabilitation work on the municipal sewerage systems; 2) carry out studies in respect of the rehabilitation of the municipal sewerage systems; 3) carry out other studies in matters of sewerage and water purification; 4) finance development works on the beds, including the banks or shores and the lands bordering thereon, of lakes or watercourses; 5) finance works to control the water-level of lakes or watercourses; 6) design, construct, improve, enlarge, put into operation or finance sewerage or waterworks systems or drinking water treatment installations for the needs of the territory designated by the Government; 7) act outside Québec in water-related issues, in particular by supplying goods and services related to the experience acquired by it in Québec; 8) act as an adviser to municipalities in the construction and operation of water purification works; 9) provide technical and professional management assistance to municipalities for the construction of water purification works; 10) develop projects for the transfer and dissemination of new technologies relating to water purification and drinking water treatment. The text consists of 50 sections. Full text English Website www.gouv.qc.ca