Chapter 29:15 URBAN COUNCILS ACT PART XIII WATER 183 Powers of council in relation to water supply (1) A council may provide and maintain a supply of water within or outside the council area and for that purpose the council may— (a) in accordance with the Water Act [Chapter 20:22] take such measures and construct such works, whether inside or outside the council area, as it considers necessary for the purpose of providing and maintaining a supply of water; (b) enter into agreements for the purchase and sale of water and for any other thing necessary in connection with the maintenance and supply of water. (2) It shall be lawful for a council to add fluoride to water intended to be supplied for consumption by the public. (3) Where a council requires any servitude over land for the purposes of the supply of water and the owner of the land will not grant such a servitude, Part IX of the Water Act [Chapter 20:22] shall apply, mutatis mutandis, as if the council required the servitude in connection with a water right granted by the Administrative Court in terms of that Act. 184 Council may require connection to water supply system (1) A council may, by notice in writing, require the owner of any premises within the council area which are not connected with the council’s water supply system to connect his premises to the limits of his property to that system for the purpose of taking a supply of water for drinking, domestic and sanitary purposes, and the owner of the premises shall comply therewith within such reasonable time, being not less than thirty days, as is specified in the notice for the compliance therewith. (2) If an owner of premises fails to comply with the terms of a notice given under subsection (1) within the time specified therein or within such extension of time as the council may allow, the council may connect the premises to the water supply system on behalf of the owner and the owner shall be liable to pay the expenses incurred by the council in making such connection. 185 Removal of obstructions in public stream A council may remove any obstruction, other than works constructed under the authority of any law, which interferes with the flow of a public stream. 186 Protection of water mains (1) No person shall, except with the consent of the council and subject to such conditions as it may impose— (a) construct any building or other structure over a water main or in such a position or in such a manner as to be likely to interfere with or endanger a water main; or (b) excavate, open or remove the ground above, next to, under or near a water main; or (c) make any opening into a water main; or (d) take any action which might injure, endanger or destroy a water main. (2) The council may— (a) demolish, alter or otherwise deal with any building or other structure constructed in contravention of subsection (1); or (b) fill in or make good any ground excavated or removed in contravention of subsection (1); or (c) repair and make good any damage done in contravention of, or occasioned as a result of a contravention of subsection (1); or (d) remove any thing which is injuring or endangering or likely to destroy, injure or endanger a water main; and recover the expenses incurred by the council from the person guilty of such contravention: Provided that a council shall not exercise the powers conferred by this subsection unless it has, by notice in writing, called upon the person guilty of such contravention to remedy the contravention within such period, being not less than thirty days, as the council may specify and the contravention has not been remedied within such period. 64