Water Services Corporation Act. Country/Territory Malta Document type Legislation Date 1992 (2000) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official publication, pp. 1-27. Long titleAn 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 English References - Legislation Amended by Water Services Corporation Act (Amendment) Order, 2010 (L.N. 42 of 2010). Legislation | Malta | 2010 Keyword: Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX