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In this Act unless the context otherwise requires, (i)" Area of Operation" means the entire geographical area of Uttar Pradeshin which water is managed and supplied to different use sectors by public or private agency or the area which is benefited by flood protection and drainage works; (ii) "Basin" means the area of land around a river from which streams rundown into it, (iii) "Bulk Water Entitlement" means the volumetric authorization given by the State to a share of water resource produced by a project, river system or storage facility, for a specific period of time as specifically provided in the order granting the entitlement; (iv) "category of uses" means classification of use of water for different purposes such as drinking and domestic, industrial or commercial, irrigation, power, agriculture and environmental etc. and includes such other purposes as may be prescribed; (v) "Cess" means an amount to be charged on lands benefited by flood. Protection and drainage works from owners/lease holders of such lands; (vi) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Commission; (vii) "Commission" means the Uttar Pradesh Water Management and Regulatory Commission established under section 3; (viii) "Entitlement" means any authorization by the State Government to use the water for the specified purpose under this Act. (ix) "Groundwater" means the water, which exists in an aquifer below the surface of the ground at any particular location, regardless of the geological structure in which it is stationary or moving and includes all groundwater reservoirs; (x) "Ground Water entitlement" means an individual or bulk water entitlement to a volumetric quantity of water to be extracted from a tube well, bore well or other well or by any other means of extraction of ground water, or a group or field or wells duly and legally permitted, registered and constructed in accordance with standards prescribed by the State Government; (xi) "Individual Water Entitlement" means any authorization by the State Government to use the water for specified purpose under this Act other than bulk water entitlement; (xii) "Integrated State Water Plan" means a water plan for use of both surface and ground water duly approved by the State Government; (xiii) "License" means a license granted by the State Government in suchmanner as may be prescribed; (xiv) "Licensee" means an individual / organization which maintains the water supply system, supplies water and collects the water tariff, or which owns tube well / diesel pumping set or uses groundwater for any purpose excluding domestic use by exploiting groundwater as may be prescribed; (xv) "Member" means a member of the Commission; (xvi) "Notified area" means a unit/ Development Block falling under over exploited or critical category at may be defined by general or special order by the Uttar Pradesh Ground Water Department of the State Government from time to time; (xvii) "Prescribed Authority" means any authority at various levels within the water resources management system that has been duly authorized by the State to determine and declare, on an annual or seasonal basis, the quota or amount of water available within a system for use as an allocated percentage of the entitlements duly issued by the State Government; (xviii) "Project" level entity means a group of all water user entities from a common supply source within a water resources project; (xix) "Quota" means a volumetric quantity of water made available to an entitlement holder, which is derived by multiplying an entitlement by annual or seasonal allocation percentage; (xx) "Regulation" means regulations made by the Commission under this Act; (xxi) "Selection" Committee means a selection committee constituted under section 6 of Chapter-II; (xxii) "Sewerage" means a system of collection of waste water from a community from its houses, institutions, industry and public places, the pumping treatment and disposal of such waste water, its effluent sludge, gas and other end products; (xxiii) State Water Policy means the State Water Policy, 1999 as amended from time to time; (xxiv) "SWARA and SWARDAC" means the State Water Resources Agency and the State Water Resources Data and Analysis Centre respectively that would work as technical advisors to the Commission in addition to their own works specified by the State Government when called for after prior approval of the State Government; (xxv) "Tariff" means a specific charge or set of charges applicable for providing water supply; (xxvi) "Utility" means any water user entity such as agency, company, person, director etc. responsible for the management, treatment, and distribution of water to agriculture,horticulture, domestic, industries municipal / rural water supplies, and for any other purpose as may be notified by the State Government; xxvii) "User of groundwater" means the person or persons of an institution including a company or an establishment, whether government private who or which own or use groundwater for any purpose excluding domestic use made either on a personal or community basis; (xxviii) "Water" means all surface and subsurface 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; (xxix) "Water User Entity" means any Water User entity including Water Users Association,utility, Industrial Users Association or any other group or individual which is authorized by the State Government to receive and utilize a water entitlement; (xxx) "Water availability"means availability of surface or ground water for use for a period or season or year which is rechargeable; (xxxi) "Water Quality means" accessed water which is safe for consumption for the purpose for which it is supplied as per norms of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board or the norms set by Bureau of Indian Standards.

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires, (i)" Area of Operation" means the entire geographical area of Uttar Pradeshin which water is managed and supplied to different use sectors by public or private agency or the area which is benefited by flood protection and drainage works; (ii) "Basin" means the area of land around a river from which streams rundown into it, (iii) "Bulk Water Entitlement" means the volumetric authorization given by the State to a share of water resource produced by a project, river system or storage facility, for a specific period of time as specifically provided in the order granting the entitlement; (iv) "category of uses" means classification of use of water for different purposes such as drinking and domestic, industrial or commercial, irrigation, power, agriculture and environmental etc. and includes such other purposes as may be prescribed; (v) "Cess" means an amount to be charged on lands benefited by flood. Protection and drainage works from owners/lease holders of such lands; (vi) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Commission; (vii) "Commission" means the Uttar Pradesh Water Management and Regulatory Commission established under section 3; (viii) "Entitlement" means any authorization by the State Government to use the water for the specified purpose under this Act. (ix) "Groundwater" means the water, which exists in an aquifer below the surface of the ground at any particular location, regardless of the geological structure in which it is stationary or moving and includes all groundwater reservoirs; (x) "Ground Water entitlement" means an individual or bulk water entitlement to a volumetric quantity of water to be extracted from a tube well, bore well or other well or by any other means of extraction of ground water, or a group or field or wells duly and legally permitted, registered and constructed in accordance with standards prescribed by the State Government; (xi) "Individual Water Entitlement" means any authorization by the State Government to use the water for specified purpose under this Act other than bulk water entitlement; (xii) "Integrated State Water Plan" means a water plan for use of both surface and ground water duly approved by the State Government; (xiii) "License" means a license granted by the State Government in suchmanner as may be prescribed; (xiv) "Licensee" means an individual / organization which maintains the water supply system, supplies water and collects the water tariff, or which owns tube well / diesel pumping set or uses groundwater for any purpose excluding domestic use by exploiting groundwater as may be prescribed; (xv) "Member" means a member of the Commission; (xvi) "Notified area" means a unit/ Development Block falling under over exploited or critical category at may be defined by general or special order by the Uttar Pradesh Ground Water Department of the State Government from time to time; (xvii) "Prescribed Authority" means any authority at various levels within the water resources management system that has been duly authorized by the State to determine and declare, on an annual or seasonal basis, the quota or amount of water available within a system for use as an allocated percentage of the entitlements duly issued by the State Government; (xviii) "Project" level entity means a group of all water user entities from a common supply source within a water resources project; (xix) "Quota" means a volumetric quantity of water made available to an entitlement holder, which is derived by multiplying an entitlement by annual or seasonal allocation percentage; (xx) "Regulation" means regulations made by the Commission under this Act; (xxi) "Selection" Committee means a selection committee constituted under section 6 of Chapter-II; (xxii) "Sewerage" means a system of collection of waste water from a community from its houses, institutions, industry and public places, the pumping treatment and disposal of such waste water, its effluent sludge, gas and other end products; (xxiii) State Water Policy means the State Water Policy, 1999 as amended from time to time; (xxiv) "SWARA and SWARDAC" means the State Water Resources Agency and the State Water Resources Data and Analysis Centre respectively that would work as technical advisors to the Commission in addition to their own works specified by the State Government when called for after prior approval of the State Government; (xxv) "Tariff" means a specific charge or set of charges applicable for providing water supply; (xxvi) "Utility" means any water user entity such as agency, company, person, director etc. responsible for the management, treatment, and distribution of water to agriculture,horticulture, domestic, industries municipal / rural water supplies, and for any other purpose as may be notified by the State Government; xxvii) "User of groundwater" means the person or persons of an institution including a company or an establishment, whether government private who or which own or use groundwater for any purpose excluding domestic use made either on a personal or community basis; (xxviii) "Water" means all surface and subsurface 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; (xxix) "Water User Entity" means any Water User entity including Water Users Association,utility, Industrial Users Association or any other group or individual which is authorized by the State Government to receive and utilize a water entitlement; (xxx) "Water availability"means availability of surface or ground water for use for a period or season or year which is rechargeable; (xxxi) "Water Quality means" accessed water which is safe for consumption for the purpose for which it is supplied as per norms of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board or the norms set by Bureau of Indian Standards.

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