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State of Jammu-Kashmir - Subsection

Section 4(1)(z) in Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources (Regulation And Management) Act, 2010

(z)establishment of a network of water quality testing laboratories at the district level to ensure the water quality and regular monitoring in terms of parameters laid down by Government of India from time to time so as to ensure that the health of the people is not affected adversely;
(za)generation of public awareness about the standards of water quality and the likely impact on health of people due to possible contamination;
(zb)prevention of encroachment on existing water bodies and deterioration of water quality in such water bodies due to pollution;
(zc)treatment of effluents, solid/gaseous wastes which are discharged into the natural streams, water bodies and have the potential of contaminating the ground water through seepage, leaching to acceptable standards before these are released from the industries, institutions, residential and commercial areas;
(zd)planning of irrigation projects taking into account the irrigability of the land, cost effective irrigation options possible from all available sources of water and appropriate irrigation techniques for optimizing water use efficiency;
(ze)preparation of basin master plan to assess the water needs for various uses and also to assess the potential resources so as to prioritise the water resource development;
(zf)ensuring close linkage between water-use and land-use policies and obviating disparities in availability of water between head-reach and tail end farms and between large and small farms by adopting distribution system and supply of water to families on a volumetric basis subject to certain ceilings and rational pricing;
(zg)adoption of command area development approach to ensure that irrigation potential created is fully utilized and the gap between potential created and potential utilized is removed;
(zh)fixation and revision of water rates to cover at least the operation and maintenance charges linked to the quality of service provided;
(zi)usage charges of water made available for drinking purposes (domestic, commercial, institutional) or for irrigation to farmers on volumetric basis with a view to discourage excessive and wasteful use of water;
(zj)involvement of users, farmers and voluntary organizations in various aspects of planning, design, development and management of water resource schemes (both for drinking water and irrigation);
(zk)involvement of user associations, local bodies and other voluntary agencies in operation, maintenance and management of schemes or parts of schemes with a view to eventually transfer these to the user groups and local bodies;
(zl)empowerment of such user groups and local bodies to collect water charges and delegation of specific functions, necessary for effective management of the schemes;
(zm)division of the State into water zones to ensure proper planning and development of water resources;
(zn)optimum efficiency and utilization of hydro-potential for constructing hydroelectric projects with a view to ensuring generation of maximum power, revenue and local employment;
(zo)promotion of water conservation consciousness through education, awareness building, regulation, incentives and disincentives;
(zp)private sector participation in planning and development of water resources projects particularly power projects, which may help in generating financial resources and improving efficiency;
(zq)framing of uniform guidelines for resettlement and rehabilitation of project-affected persons and setting up of a grievance redressal mechanism with active participation of affected persons;
(zr)periodical assessment of the ground water potential on scientific basis to estimate the availability of water and the economic viability of extraction;
(zs)regulating the exploitation of ground water resources to ensure that it does not exceed recharging limits;
(zt)preparation of a master plan for flood prone areas with a view to control floods and provide protection;
(zu)establishment of an extensive network for flood forecasting for giving timely warning to the people likely to be affected;
(zv)promotion of watershed management through extensive soil conservation, catchment area treatment, preservation of forests, increasing the forest area and the construction of check dams to increase infiltration rate and to reduce the intensity of floods;
(zw)imposition of complete ban on encroachment on water bodies, wetlands, water courses, and reclamation of such water bodies, wetlands and water courses;
(zx)promotion of suitable cost effective measures to minimize the erosion of land by streams;
(zy)encouragement of measures like soil moisture conservation, water harvesting, works aimed at increasing the ground water potential by recharging and transfer of surface water from the surplus areas for reducing the problems and severeness related to drought;
(zz)development of grazing fields and encouragement of afforestation to improve drought management;
(zza)setting up of a proper organisational arrangement at the State level consisting of specialists in investigation, design, construction, hydrology, geology etc. for ensuring safety of storage dams and other water related structures;
(zzb)monitoring of water resource projects to identify bottlenecks and to adopt timely remedial measures;
(zzc)evolution of a system for evaluating the socioeconomic and environmental impact of projects;
(zzd)periodical audit of the working systems to check the sustainable losses taking place between storage, distribution and usage points;
(zze)encouragement of research particularly in the fields of hydro-meteorology, assessment of water resources, snow and lake hydrology, ground water hydrology and recharge, water-harvesting, evaporation and seepage losses, economic designs for water resources projects, crops and cropping systems, sedimentation of reservoirs, safety and longevity of water-related structures, river morphology and hydraulics, soils and material research, better water management practices and improvements in operational technology, recycling and re-use, seismology and seismic design of structures and the use of remote sensing technology in development and management.