Section 9

The Authority may make, construct and provide such mains and other waterworks as may be necessary for supplying any district and the inhabitants thereof with water, and in executing such works may carry such mains and other waterworks through, across or under any street or road, or any place laid out or intended for a street or road, or any premises under any street or road:

Provided nevertheless that as regards any street or road within a

Municipal area, the Authority shall first obtain (except in the case of urgency) the concurrence of the Municipal Authority:

Provided further that wherever any street or road, or any place laid out or intended for a street or road, or any premises under any street or road, are opened or broken up in the execution of such works, the Authority shall with all convenient speed complete the work for which the street, road, place or premises are to be opened or broken up, and reinstate and make good such street, road, place or premises.

Water Supply

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Power to fix standpipes and fire hydrants 10.

It shall be lawful for the Authority to fix standpipes and fire hydrants together with the connection to the waterworks in, under or over any private street or road; and such standpipes and connections shall remain vested in the

Authority.