12. It shall be the duty of the Board to advise the Minister on the following matters, and on any other matter that is referred to the Board for advice by the Minister: -
| (a) the control, regulation and development, including the conservation and utilization, of the water resources of the country; |
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| (b) the promotion, construction, operation and maintenance of schemes of irrigation, drainage, flood control and hydraulic power: |
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| (c) the promotion of afforestation; |
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| (d) the control of soil erosion; |
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| (e) the prevention of the pollution of rivers, streams, and other watercourses; |
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| (f) the formulation of national policies relating to the control and use of the water resources of the country with the following objectives in view: -
| | (i) the multi-purpose development and use of water resources; | | |
| | (ii) the short-term and long-term provision of water resources for domestic supplies, industrial supplies, hydraulic power, hydro-electric power, irrigation, reclamation of land, flood control, navigation, development of fisheries, protection of wild life, and control of soil erosion; | | |
| | (iii) the disposal of sewage and industrial wastes; | | |
| | | (v) the control of salinity; and | | |
| | (vi) any other like objective; | | |
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| (g) the preparation of comprehensive and integrated plans for the conservation, utilization, control and development of the water resources of the country; |
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| (h) the co-ordination of the activities of Government Departments, local authorities and public corporations, in regard to surveys of basic data and other investigations relating to river-basin and trans-river-basin development projects, soil classification, and the hydrological, geological and other similar aspects of the use of land; |
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| (i) the analysis of reports based on investigation, statistical surveys, plans and proposals relating to the water resources of the country made by Government Departments, local authorities and public corporations; |
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| (j) the preparation of a scheme of priorities in the matter of developing river-basin and trans-river-basin projects; |
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| (k) the co-ordination of projects undertaken by Government Departments, local authorities and public corporations relating to the conservation, utilization and development of the subterranean water resources of the country, and the assessment of the possibilities, benefits and economic feasibilities of such projects; |
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| (l) the conduct of research by Government Departments, local authorities and public corporations on the utilization of water by various agricultural crops; and |
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| (m) any other suitable measures to be taken by the Government for the proper control and economic use of water. |
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