WATER PREVENTION ACT
AUTHOR – NOMAN MUKHTAR KHAN, STUDENT AT AMITY LAW SCHOOL, AMITY UNIVERSITY, MUMBAI
BEST CITATION – NOMAN MUKHTAR KHAN, WATER PREVENTION ACT, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (9) OF 2025, PG. 193-197, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.
This article is published in the collaborated special issue of Amity Law School, Amity University, Mumbai and the Institute of Legal Education (ILE), titled “Emerging Trends in Law: Exploring Recent Developments and Reforms” (ISBN: 978-81-986345-1-1).
Introduction :
1.1 Introduction to the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
[1]The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. Was to prevent and the first enactment of the parliament ( govt. of India ) with the first primary object of securing and preventing and regulating & controlling water pollution and maintaining & restoring the wholesomeness of water. Whether, this Act was presents one of the first efforts by the indian govt. to securing over the environment , especially groundwater contamination of the water bodies due to liberalisation, urbanization, and industrialization and population growth. It is also the first legislation which gives particularly and specific power to the regulatory bodies to controlling water pollutions.[2] As a result of this enactment the Act, the pollutions control board of the state and the centeral came into force . this Act gives one of the most important powers to the State Board for controlling pollution and preventing water bodies as mention under section 25 of this Act. Which says that,” No person can establish or use new outlets for sewage/trade effluent discharge, or begin a new discharge without the State Board’s prior consent”. It gives the powers to the State Board to statutory authority/bodies new outlets & new discharge takes actions with notice to any unauthorized new outlets.
[1] “Indianjournals.Com/Ijor.Aspx?Target=ijor:Ijpss&volume=2&issue=6&article=040.”
[2] Civil Engineering Department, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak-124001, Haryana, India, Rathee, and Mishra, “Water Policies in India.”