Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Rules, 1978.

For the purposes of measuring and recording the quantity of water reconsumed, every consumer shall affix water meters, venturi meters or orifice meters with integrators and recorders in conformity with the standards laid down by the Indian Standards Institution and where no standards have been laid down by that institution in conformity with such standard as may be specified by the Board. Every consumer shall provide a separate meter for assessing the quantity of water used for each of the four purposes mentioned in column (1) of Schedule II to the Act. Every consumer shall furnish on or before the fifth of every calendar month, to the assessing authority, a return in Form 1 showing the quantity of water consumed in the previous month. Where a consumer installs any plant for the treatment of sewage or trade effluent, such consumer shall be entitled to the rebate under section 7 of the Act. (9 rules

India · 1978-07-14