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Water Services Corporation Act.

Country/Territory
Malta
Document type
Legislation
Date
1992 (2000)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official publication, pp. 1-27.
Long title
An Act to provide for the establishment of a body corporate to be known as the Water Services Corporation, and for the exercise and performance by or on behalf of the Corporation of functions related to the acquisition, transformation, manufacture, distribution and sale of potable and non-potable water, and, as appropriate, to the treatment and disposal or re-use of sewage and waste water, and re-use of stormwater run-off, to provide for the transfer to the Corporation of certain installations, equipment and other property, and to make provision in respect of matters ancillary thereto or connected therewith.
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances, Water
Keyword
Institution Waste disposal Waste domestic sources Effluent waste water/discharge Waste management Water supply Sewerage Pollution control Freshwater pollution
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

The Water Services Corporation shall be the principal body in Malta for the acquisition, production, storage, distribution, sale, or exportation of water for domestic, commercial and industrial use and to provide for the treatment and disposal of waste and sewage water. It shall also undertake and perform functions relative to water resources conservation (sect. 3). The Corporation may supply water to such persons, in such manner and under such conditions as may be authorized by the Malta Resource Authority, shall ensure sufficiency, pressure and wholesomeness of water supply, work at augmenting water resources in Malta and undertake waterworks for the purposes of this Act (sect. 18). The Corporation may also provide a public sewer system and carry out duties relating to waste water disposal and treatment (sect. 19). Section 32 provides for transfer of Government undertakings to the Corporation.

Full text
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References - Legislation

Amended by

Water Services Corporation Act (Amendment) Order, 2010 (L.N. 42 of 2010).

Legislation | Malta | 2010

Keyword: Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX