(a) to meet the requirements of water users for domestic use; or (b) to reasonably protect and maintain aquatic and wetland ecosystems, including their biological diversity, and to maintain essential ecosystem functions, the Minister may reserve all or part of the flow of a watercourse, a groundwater resource or water stored in a dam or lake from being abstracted or used under this Act. (2) Before the Minister makes a reservation under subsection (1), the Minister must consult with the regional council of the region where the water management area is located to obtain and consider any comments of the regional council in relation to any matter pertaining to the proposed reservation. (3) The Minister must cause a notice to be published in the giving particulars Gazette of a reservation made under subsection (1). (4) The quantity of water in a water resource reserved under subsection (1) must be taken into account in determining an application for - (a) a licence to abstract and use water under section 46; or (b) a licence to discharge effluent or to construct or operate a wastewater treatment facility under section 75. (5) Despite a reservation made under subsection (1), a licence for the abstraction or use of water from a reserved water resource may be issued in accordance with this Act for a purpose for which the resource is reserved. Abstraction of water for domestic use 38. (1) Subject to subsection (3), a person who abstracts water from a water resource for own domestic use is exempted from the requirement for a licence to abstract and use water. (2) A person may abstract and use water for domestic use subject only to such limitations as are imposed by or under this Act or any other law for public health or environmental purposes or as prescribed by the Minister for purposes of efficient water management practices. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who abstracts water in bulk from a water resource and supplies it against payment to others for domestic use. Private well for abstraction of water for domestic use An owner or occupier of land situate outside a local authority area, and not being 39. within a water protection area, may without the need of a licence - (a) abstract water from a well located on the land for own domestic use on the land; or (b) dig or sink a well on the land solely for the purpose of abstracting water for own domestic use on the land. Right to collect meteoric water
(a) to meet the requirements of water users for domestic use; or (b) to reasonably protect and maintain aquatic and wetland ecosystems, including their biological diversity, and to maintain essential ecosystem functions, the Minister may reserve all or part of the flow of a watercourse, a groundwater resource or water stored in a dam or lake from being abstracted or used under this Act. (2) Before the Minister makes a reservation under subsection (1), the Minister must consult with the regional council of the region where the water management area is located to obtain and consider any comments of the regional council in relation to any matter pertaining to the proposed reservation. (3) The Minister must cause a notice to be published in the Gazette giving particulars of a reservation made under subsection (1). (4) The quantity of water in a water resource reserved under subsection (1) must be taken into account in determining an application for - (a) a licence to abstract and use water under section 46; or (b) a licence to discharge effluent or to construct or operate a wastewater treatment facility under section 75. (5) Despite a reservation made under subsection (1), a licence for the abstraction or use of water from a reserved water resource may be issued in accordance with this Act for a purpose for which the resource is reserved. Abstraction of water for domestic use 38. (1) Subject to subsection (3), a person who abstracts water from a water resource for own domestic use is exempted from the requirement for a licence to abstract and use water. (2) A person may abstract and use water for domestic use subject only to such limitations as are imposed by or under this Act or any other law for public health or environmental purposes or as prescribed by the Minister for purposes of efficient water management practices. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who abstracts water in bulk from a water resource and supplies it against payment to others for domestic use. Private well for abstraction of water for domestic use 39. An owner or occupier of land situate outside a local authority area, and not being within a water protection area, may without the need of a licence - (a) abstract water from a well located on the land for own domestic use on the land; or (b) dig or sink a well on the land solely for the purpose of abstracting water for own domestic use on the land. Right to collect meteoric water
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