Canberra Water Supply (Googong Dam) Act 1974.

The Australian Capital Territory Executive may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, carry out, either alone or in association with other persons, the planning and provision of a dam, pipelines and other works and facilities for: (a) the collection, diversion and storage of water in the Googong Dam Area; (b) the conveyance and supply of water from that Area for use in the Territory or in a place that is the subject of an agreement under subsection 12 (2) for the conveyance and supply of water; (c) the treatment and purification of water supplied or to be supplied from that Area; and (d) the prevention of the pollution of water supplied or to be supplied from that Area; and of works and facilities for the accommodation in that Area of persons employed by the Territory or by a Territory authority in connection with the protection or regulation of that Area or with the operation and maintenance of any such dam, pipelines, works or facilities in that Area (sect. 4). Sections 5 to 9 outline powers and duties of the Executive. The rights to use and dispose of all waters in the Googong Dam Area and to control, restrict or interrupt the flow of all waters in and from that Area are vested in Australia (sect. 11). Water stored in the Googong Dam Area by means of the works constructed under this Act shall be supplied primarily and principally for use in the Territory.