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Public Standpipe Regulations.

Country/Territory
Trinidad and Tobago
Document type
Regulation
Date
1980
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official Gazette 1980, p. 109.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Water supply
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

No person shall bathe or wash within a distance of thirty feet from a public standpipe (reg. 2). No person shall (a) turn on any tap or stopcock so as to cause water to flow from a public standpipe unless the water is received in a suitable receptacle or is needed for the immediate personal us of an individual (b) allow or cause water to flow from a public standpipe into a receptacle which is overflowing (c) obtain water from a public standpipe by specified means.(6 regulations)

Full text
English

References - Legislation

Implements

Water and Sewerage Act (Chapter 54:40).

Legislation | Trinidad and Tobago | 1965 (1994)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Institution, Water charges, Water supply, Waterworks, Freshwater pollution, Water abstraction, Water rights, Effluent waste water/discharge, Sewerage, Authorization/permit, Expropriation, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX