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THE WATER ACT.

Statutory Instrument 152—42.

The Water (Ngogwe Water Supply) Regulations.

Arrangement of Regulations.

Standard rate for consumption registered by meter.

Citation.

Prescription of Ngogwe water supply area.

Regulation 1.

2.

3.

Water authority.

4.

5.

Minimum charges.

6.

Meter rent.

Payment of deposit.

7.

Annual rate of water supplied from standpipes.

8.

9.

No general rate levied.

10.

Supply by computed quantity.

Schedules First Schedule Ngogwe water supply area.


Second Schedule Charges for meter rent.

THE WATER ACT.

Statutory Instrument 152—42.

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

1.

Citation.

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

2.

Prescription of Ngogwe water supply area.


The area within the boundaries defined in the First Schedule to these Regulations is prescribed a water supply area to be known as the Ngogwe water supply area.

3.

Water authority.

The Mukono district administration is appointed the water authority for the Ngogwe water supply area.

4.

Standard rate for consumption registered by meter.


The charges for water supplied to any premises in the Ngogwe water supply area shall be assessed on consumption as registered by a meter at a standard monthly rate of five shillings per one thousand gallons.

5.

Minimum charges.

The minimum charges for water supplied to any premises in the Ngogwe water supply area shall be fifteen shillings per month.

6.

Meter rent.

The monthly rent for a meter shall be as set out in the Second Schedule to 1See S.I.
152-8, footnote 1. this these Regulations.2 7.

Payment of deposit.

(1) Every consumer shall pay to the water authority a deposit of twenty shillings in respect of premises to which water is supplied provided that a deposit of five shillings shall be paid in respect of premises constructed of primitive materials such as wattle and daub, sun-burnt bricks, grass or reeds.
(2) A consumer may apply for the deposit to be refunded to him or her when water ceases to be supplied to the premises concerned, subject to the right of the water authority to apply the deposit or any part of it in payment of any water charges due to the water authority by the consumer.

8.

Annual rate of water supplied from standpipes.


(1) An annual flat rate of twenty-five shillings shall be levied on each consumer in respect of premises supplied with water from standpipes erected by the water authority.

(2) Any premises within a quarter of a mile of a standpipe, unless provided with an individual communication pipe, shall be deemed to be served by the standpipe.

9.

No general rate levied.


No general water rate shall be levied in the Ngogwe water supply area in addition to the charges prescribed by these Regulations.

10.

Supply by computed quantity.

(1) The standard rate at which water may be supplied by quantity shall be five shillings per 1,000 gallons.

(2) The method of computing the quantity of water taken— (a) for the use of persons resident in leper quarters, barracks, camps, hospitals, schools or any other premises of a similar nature shall 2See S.I.
152-8, footnote 2.
(b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) be 300 gallons per person per month; for the use of persons resident on any of those premises as are described in paragraph (a) of this subregulation where a waterborne sewer system exists shall be 600 gallons per person per month; for the use of persons resorting by day or night only to workshops, factories, offices, institutions, or any other premises of a similar nature for work or occupation in those premises, shall be 100 gallons per person per month; for the use of persons resorting by day or night only to such premises as are described in paragraph (c) of this subregulation where a private waterborne sewerage system exists shall be 200 gallons per person per month; for use in respect of engines or machines shall be— (i) steam engines, 600 gallons for each horsepower unit per month; internal combustion engines, 60 gallons for each horsepower unit per month; and (ii) (iii) any other engine or machine to be charged according to consumption estimated by the water authority; for use in respect of animals shall be— (i) cattle, horses, donkeys, mules, 300 gallons per head per month; (ii) sheep, goats, pigs, 100 gallons per head per month; for use in respect of pleasure gardens, sports fields and market gardens shall be 1 gallon for each square yard of area per month; for use in respect of supplies to greenhouses and conservatories shall be 400 gallons for every 100 square feet of area per month; and for any supply, other than domestic supply, not specified in this subregulation, shall be fixed in accordance with the estimate of the water authority.
_____ SCHEDULES First Schedule.

Ngogwe water supply area.

reg.

2.
The area comprised within the following boundary— Commencing at a cairn being the southwestern corner of Ngogwe Church of Uganda Cemetery plot; thence following a line demarcated as follows— From To Approximate bearing Approximate distance (meters) Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn 203E30' 216E00' 176E00' 174E00' 274E00' 274E00' 13E05' 324E00' 324E00' 341E30' 327E25' 341E00' 87E30' 94E30' 50E30' 47E05' 189.3 674.2 141.7 317.9 639.2 547.1 193.9 554.1 291.1 192.6 249.3 472.4 773.6 609.6 79.6 434.9 From To Approximate bearing Approximate distance (meters) Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn Cairn 61E40' 168E00' 159E30' 170E20' 170E20' 470.9 635.5 70.7 143.6 126.2 thence on the same bearing for a distance of 201.5 metres to a cairn the point of commencement.
This boundary is more particularly shown bordered in red in Boundary Plan No.

295 deposited at the Survey Records Office, Department of Lands and Surveys, Entebbe.

_____ Second Schedule.

Charges for meter rent.

Shs.

Cts.

reg.

6.

For a d" meter 2 50 per month For a ½" meter For a ¾" meter For a 1" meter For any other size of meter 3 00 per month 4 00 per month 6 50 per month 10% per year of the value of the meter delivered and fixed on any premises _____ History: S.I.

53/1970.

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