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THE WATER ACT.

Statutory Instrument 152—38.

The Water (Moroto Water Supply) Regulations.

Arrangement of Regulations.

Regulation 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Citation.

Prescription of Moroto water supply area.

Appointment of a water authority.

Internal supply rate for domestic purposes.

General water rate.

Exempted premises.

Standard water rate.

Computing quantity of water.

Schedule Schedule Moroto water supply area.

THE WATER ACT.

Statutory Instrument 152—38.


The Water (Moroto Water Supply) Regulations.1 (Under sections 45, 46 and 94 of the Act.)

1.

Citation.

These Regulations may be cited as the Water (Moroto Water Supply) Regulations.

2.

Prescription of Moroto water supply area.

The area described in the Schedule to these Regulations is prescribed as a water supply area for the purposes of the Act to be known as the Moroto water supply area.

3.

Appointment of a water authority.


The commissioner of water development is appointed the water authority for the Moroto water supply area.

4.

Internal supply rate for domestic purposes.


The internal supply rate to be levied on premises supplied with water for domestic purposes in the Moroto water supply area shall be— (a) (b) twenty shillings per month for premises with a supply carried by pipes to internal fittings within any building; and twelve shilling per month for premises with a supply carried to a tap within the curtilage, but not piped to fittings within a building.

5.

General water rate.


(1) A general water rate of 3 percent per year of the rateable value shall be levied on all premises in the water supply area other than premises 1See S.I.

152-8, footnote 1. which are more than one thousand feet from a water supply point and the premises referred to in regulations 4 and 6 of these Regulations and premises charged under regulation 7 of these Regulations.
(2) The prescribed minimum value on which payment of the general water rate is to be based shall be twenty-four hundred shillings per year.

6.

Exempted premises.

Places used principally for public worship and buildings constructed of primitive materials such as wattle and daub, sun-burnt bricks, grass or reeds shall be exempt from the general water rate.

7.

Standard water rate.

The standard rate at which water may be supplied by quantity shall be four shillings per one thousand gallons.

8.
8.

Computing quantity of water.
The method of computing the quantity of water taken for particular purposes shall be as follows— (a) (b) (c) the quantity of water taken for the use of persons resident on any premises such as barracks, camps or hospitals shall be computed at the rate of 350 gallons per head per month or, where a waterborne sewerage system exists, at the rate of 700 gallons per head per month; the quantity of water taken for the use of persons resorting by day or night only to premises such as workshops, factories, offices, clubs and institutions for work or occupation in those premises shall be computed at the rate of 120 gallons per head per month or, where a waterborne sewerage system exists, at the rate of 250 gallons per head per month; except that the water authority may cause a meter to be affixed on any such workshop, factory, office, club or institution and may levy a charge in respect of all water consumed in excess of the quantity specified in this paragraph; the quantity of water taken for use in connection with any engine or machine for which water is supplied shall be computed— (i) in the case of steam engines, at the rate of 600 gallons per horsepower per month; in the case of internal combustion engines, at the rate of 60 (ii) (iii) gallons per horsepower per month; in the case of other engines and machines, according to consumption estimated by the water authority, except that the water authority may in the case of an internal combustion engine cause a meter to be affixed on the premises on which the engine is placed and levy a charge in respect of water consumed in excess of the quantity specified in this paragraph; the quantity of water taken for use— (i) for or in connection with cattle, horses, donkeys or mules shall be computed at the rate of 300 gallons per head per month; for or in connection with sheep, goats or pigs shall be computed at the rate of 100 gallons per head per month; (ii) the quantity of water taken— (i) for a bath of more than 30 gallons and not more than 50 gallons capacity shall be
 computed at the rate of 100 gallons per month; for a bath of more than 50 gallons capacity shall be computed according to consumption estimated by the water authority; (ii) the quantity of water taken for fountains, ponds and tanks shall be computed according to the rate of discharge through the perforated disc through which the supply is given as estimated by the water authority; the quantity of water taken for sports fields, market gardens and public pleasure gardens shall be computed at the rate of 1 gallon per month for each square yard of area; the quantity of water taken for— (i) watering private gardens by means of hoses or automatic watering devices; (ii) washing vehicles by means of hoses, shall be computed in each case as 3,000 gallons per month, but no charge incurred under this paragraph shall exceed ten shillings per month in any particular case; the quantity of water taken for greenhouses or conservatories shall be computed at the rate of 400 gallons per month for every one hundred square feet of floor area; the quantity of water taken for building purposes shall be computed— (i) in the case of steel or iron structures, at the rate of 200 gallons for every one hundred shillings of the cost, (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (ii) excluding the cost of the steel or iron framework; in the case of other structures, at the rate of 200 gallons for every one hundred shillings of the cost; the quantity of water taken for concrete used in constructional works other than building works shall be computed at the rate of 200 gallons for each cubic yard of concrete; the quantity of water taken for use in cement plastering shall be computed at the rate of 100 gallons for every two hundred square feet of area; the quantity of water taken for the formation and consolidation of macadam roads shall be computed at the rate of 800 gallons for every one hundred square yards of area; the quantity of water taken for grouting in connection with pitching, curbing, channelling or
 other surface work on roads shall be computed at the rate of 1,200 gallons for every one hundred square yards of area; and the quantity of water taken for any purpose (other than domestic purposes) not specified in this regulation shall be computed in accordance with the estimate of the water authority.
(k) (l) (m) (n) (o) _____ Schedule.

Moroto water supply area.

reg.

2.
The area contained within the following boundaries— Commencing at the northwest concrete markstone number A/2939 at the most northern markstone; thence on a bearing of 101E20' for a distance of 3,763 feet approximately to concrete markstone number A/2273; thence on a bearing of 157E47' for a distance of 260 feet approximately to concrete markstone number A/2262; thence on a bearing of 73E14' for a distance of 505 feet approximately to concrete markstone number A/2290; thence on a bearing of 99E50' for a distance of 370 feet approximately to concrete markstone number A/2283; thence on a bearing of 37E22' for a distance of 192 feet approximately to concrete markstone number A/2270; thence on a bearing of 77E47' for a distance of 282 feet approximately to concrete markstone number A/2272; thence on a bearing of 90E20' for a distance of 1,547 feet approximately to concrete markstone number A/2256; thence on a bearing of 104E42' for a distance of 357 feet approximately to concrete markstone number A/2281; thence on a bearing of 129E28' for a distance of 936 feet approximately to concrete markstone number A/2244; thence on a bearing of 191E47' for a distance of 1,170 feet approximately to concrete markstone number A/2280; thence on a bearing of 191E10' for a distance of 1,762 feet approximately to concrete markstone number A/2251; thence on a bearing of 182E04' for a distance of 1,678 feet approximately to Signal Hill 27.Y.1; thence on a bearing of 179E11' for a distance for 1,315 feet approximately to concrete markstone number 5/7592; thence on an approximate bearing of 179E11' for a distance of 1,000 feet approximately to a point; thence on an approximate bearing of 243E for a distance of approximately 6,700 feet to a point on the western side of the Kitale/Moroto road; thence following the western side of the Kitale/Moroto road to markstone number 5/7586; thence on a bearing of 304E22' for a distance of 2,075 feet approximately to concrete markstone number 1/4321; thence on an approximate bearing of 324E30' for a distance of 1,840 feet approximately along the town boundary; thence on an approximate bearing of 246E30' for a distance of 8,000 feet approximately; thence on an approximate bearing of 336E30' for a distance of 2,000 feet approximately; thence on an approximate bearing of 66E30' for a distance of 10,500 feet approximately to concrete markstone number 5/7604; thence on an approximate bearing of 62E45' for a distance of 1,716 feet to concrete markstone number A/2359; thence on an approximate bearing of 352E55' for a distance of 4,527 feet to concrete markstone number A/2939 which is the point of commencement.
_____ History: S.I.

137-50; S.I.

57/1969; S.I.

154/1972.

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