New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATE WATER CORPORATION ACT 2004 - SECT 28

28 Finding source of pollution of water supply

(1) If water captured, stored or released by the Corporation is being polluted, the Corporation may, after giving reasonable notice to persons likely to be affected by its action, dig up the ground and try to find the source of the pollution.

(2) If it is found that a person given notice under this section is not responsible for the pollution, the Corporation must bear the expenses of:

(a) the digging, examination, repair and reinstatement of the broken ground, and

(b) the repair of any damage caused by the Corporation to the property of the person.

(3) The Corporation may recover the expenses incurred by it in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Corporation by any person responsible for the pollution.