Section 5: Duties of Authority

5. Duties of Authority (1) The Authority shall be the main undertaker for the collection, treatment and disposal of waste water. (2) The duties of the Authority shall be to— (a) take over, maintain and manage all existing public sewers and waste water systems; (b) manage and run any waste water system, including public sewers or equipment, whether vested in it by way of a Contrat de Délégation or otherwise; (c) recover through tariffs user fees that may be claimed in respect of the lease of assets under a Contrat de Délégation; (d) extend as far as practicable the public waste water system so as to provide sewerage facility to all properties, domestic, commercial or industrial; (e) undertake waste water treatment to such predetermined quality as may be prescribed for safe disposal of the effluent and sludge to the environment or re-use; (f) carry out and coordinate studies for the implementation of any project which may be devised for research and investigation for the economic collection, treatment and safe disposal of waste water; (g) control and monitor the pollution discharged to waste water systems by any person; (h) ensure that any storm drainage is not connected or does not get mixed up with the waste water system; (i) regulate the construction of private sewers, enforce their maintenance according to such standards as may be prescribed and provide for their inspection; (j) ensure that appropriate equipment is used in relation to all types of waste water and provide for inspection of such equipment; (k) establish and maintain laboratories for the purpose of testing waste water and sanitary equipment; (l) carry out, against payment of such fees as may be prescribed, for and on behalf of any Authority or organisation responsible for W4 – 5 [Issue 1] Waste Water Management Authority Act the enforcement of any enactment relating to waste water, any waste water analysis which may be necessary for such enforcement.