CANBERRA WATER SUPPLY (GOOGONG DAM) ACT 1974 - SECT 4 Functions of the Executive

CANBERRA WATER SUPPLY (GOOGONG DAM) ACT 1974 - SECT 4

  (1)   The Executive, on behalf of the Commonwealth, has the functions of managing, protecting and using the water resources of the Googong Dam Area in a way that is consistent with the objects of the Water Resources Act 2007 (ACT).

  (2)   Without limiting the generality of subsection   ( 1), the 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 connexion 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.