Section 2(ab) in The U.P. Water Management And Regulatory Commission Act, 2008
(ab)"Water" means all surface and sub-surface water accruing in rivers or any part of a river, stream, lake, natural collection of water in aquifers or natural drainage channel, water recycled after treatment of sewage and industrial waste etc., that is to say water supplies and sewerage, irrigation and canals, drainage and embankments, water storage and water power or, water in all states (solid, liquid or vapour) in storage or in flux within hydrologic cycle, that is necessary for a sustainable quality of life, as well as for sustaining the natural environment;
