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This Act provides for the management and conservation of water resources in Jamaica. The 58 sections of the Act are divided into 8 Parts: Preliminary (I); Administration of Water Resources (II); Abstraction and Use of Water (III); Easement (IV); Special Powers Relating to the Abstraction and Use of Water (IV); Control and Protection of Underground water (IV); Control of Water Quality (V); Supplementary Powers of Authority (VI); General (VII); Savings and Transitional Provisions (VIII).
An Act to provide for the management, protection and controlled allocation and use of the water resources of Jamaica: to provide for water quality control and for the establishment and functions of a Water Resources Authority; to repeal the Water Act and
