Watercourses and Waterworks Ordinance. Country/Territory Antigua and Barbuda Document type Legislation Date 1945 (1953) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official publication, pp. 1607-1613. Subject Livestock, Water Keyword Animal production Basic legislation Freshwater resources management Water supply Basin/catchment/watershed Groundwater Freshwater pollution Pollution control Inland waters Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract All watercourses and waterworks shall continue to vest in the Crown (sect. 3). The Director of Public Works shall control, manage, maintain and supervise all watercourses and waterworks and shall provide an adequate water supply for water consumers (sect. 4). The Director of Works may make regulations with respect to matters listed in section 5 and levy a general water rate or a water service rate (sect. 5). The legislative Council may declare any watercourse to be subject to the provisions of this Ordinance (sect. 9). For purposes of this Ordinance, the Administrator in Council may declare an area to be a watershed. (19 sections) Full text English