Draft National Water Policy, 2012
National Water Policy, 2002
National Water Policy, 1987
Karnataka urban drinking water and sanitation policy, 2003
The Karnataka groundwater (regulation and control of development and management) act, 2011
Government of Karnataka came up with a new regulation for groundwater in 2009. 2009 bill is a significant shift from 1999 act which was focused solely on drinking water protection. 2009 bill emphasizes on regulation and control of groundwater development and management. This 2009 bill was later passed as an act in 2011 and came to be recognized as Karnataka Groundwater regulations and control of development and management act, 2011.
The Act shall apply to drilling/digging of a well or using groundwater from an existing well by or on behalf of the State Government or a local authority or any other authority notified by the State Government, as a public drinking water source. The provisions in the act are in addition to the previously or currently existing any other regulations pertaining to groundwater. Received the assent of the Governor on the Fifth day of April, 2011
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Karnataka state water policy, 2002
The Karnataka state board for the prevention and control of water pollution (procedure for transaction of business and the water (prevention and control of pollution) rules, 1976
The Karnataka groundwater (regulation for protection of sources of sinking of drinking water) act, 1999
This act received the assent of the President on the Seventeenth day of October, 2003. The focus of the bill is on drinking water provisions and regulations for sinking of new wells as well as for existing wells.
The Bangalore Water supply and Sewerage (amendment) act, 2011
The Bangalore Water supply and Sewerage and certain other laws (amendment) act, 2009
The Bangalore Water supply and Sewerage act, 1964