The Act specifies the powers vested in the State and assigned to the Regions and to the Provinces pertaining to the following: (a) water supply, sewerage and water treatment; (b) preparation and compilation of water reclamation plans; (c) inventory of bodies of water. Article 7 establishes a survey of all bodies of water to be carried out within 2 years of the entry into force of the Act and to be updated every 2 years. As for the sewerage services, the Act establishes a single body of rules throughout the national territory with respect to discharge measurement, determination of acceptable limits, sampling, authorization to discharge, discharges from occupied or industrial areas. The present Act states also the procedure and deadlines for the determination of tariffs according to which rentals or fees shall be payable. Article 19 regulates the granting of contributions in favour of communes and intercommune consortia engaged in public piped water, sewerage and waste water treatment services and other activities pertaining to the disposal of sludge and treatment of discharge water. Title VI and VII deal with penalties and transitional and final provisions, respectively.