a geological formation which has structures or textures that hold water or permit appreciable water movement through them
in relation to a watercourse or watercourses or part of a watercourse, the area from which any rainfall will drain into the watercourse or watercourses or part of a watercourse, through surface flow to a common point or common points
includes a fee, price or tariff imposed under this Act
efficient water use achieved through saving devices, efficient processes, demand management, and rationing measures
any person receiving water services or who is entitled to receive water services from a water services institution
a right to use water under any provision of the Act or an instrument issued under it
a partially or fully enclosed body of water which is open to the sea permanently or periodically, where seawater can be diluted with fresh water from land
includes a natural person, a juristic person, an unincorporated body, an association, an organ of state and the Minister
the direct or indirect alteration of the physical, chemical or biological properties of a water resource so as to make it less fit for any beneficial purpose for which it may reasonably be expected to be used
the collection, removal, disposal or purification of human excreta, domestic wastewater, sewage and effluent resulting from the use of water for commercial purposes
any solid material or material that is suspended, dissolved or transported in water (including sediment) and which is spilled or deposited on land or into a water resource in such volume, composition or manner as to cause, or to be reasonably likely to cause, the water resource to be polluted
an area established as a management unit in the national water resource strategy within which a catchment management agency will conduct the protection, use, development, conservation, management and control of water resources
includes a watercourse, surface water, estuary, or aquifer
water supply services and sanitation services
a municipality with responsibility for providing water services to consumers within its jurisdiction
a water services authority, a water services provider, a water board and a water services committee
any person who provides water services to consumers or to another water services institution, but does not include a water services intermediary
includes a river, stream, tributary or natural channel in which water flows regularly or intermittently
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