Section 228(1)(a) in The U.P. Municipalities Act, 1916
(a)throughout a prescribed area or prescribed areas -(i)to maintain a system of water-supply through pipes, and(ii)to lay on water at a prescribed pressure and during prescribed hours, and(iii)to supply in all the chief streets in which mains have been laid, water to stand-pipes or pumps situated at such intervals as are prescribed; and