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### sec.353 Content of water security program
A water security program must include information about a designated water security entity’s arrangements, strategies or measures for—
operating the designated water security entity’s assets for providing water services in the region or part of the region to which the water security program relates; and
addressing future infrastructure needs, including building new infrastructure or augmenting existing infrastructure; and
managing the infrastructure relevant to the designated water security entity’s operations; and
managing demand for water; and
responding to drought conditions; and
any other matter prescribed under a regulation.
The chief executive may make guidelines to provide information and guidance to a designated water security entity about the content of a water security program.
Subsections (1) and (2) do not limit what may be included in a water security program.
A water security program may comprise 1 or more existing documents that comply with the requirements of this section.
s 353 ins 2006 No. 23 s 9
amd 2009 No. 18 s 3 sch
sub 2012 No. 39 s 51
(sec.353-ssec.1) A water security program must include information about a designated water security entity’s arrangements, strategies or measures for— operating the designated water security entity’s assets for providing water services in the region or part of the region to which the water security program relates; and addressing future infrastructure needs, including building new infrastructure or augmenting existing infrastructure; and managing the infrastructure relevant to the designated water security entity’s operations; and managing demand for water; and responding to drought conditions; and any other matter prescribed under a regulation.
(sec.353-ssec.2) The chief executive may make guidelines to provide information and guidance to a designated water security entity about the content of a water security program.
(sec.353-ssec.3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not limit what may be included in a water security program.
(sec.353-ssec.4) A water security program may comprise 1 or more existing documents that comply with the requirements of this section.
- (a) operating the designated water security entity’s assets for providing water services in the region or part of the region to which the water security program relates; and
- (b) addressing future infrastructure needs, including building new infrastructure or augmenting existing infrastructure; and
- (c) managing the infrastructure relevant to the designated water security entity’s operations; and
- (d) managing demand for water; and
- (e) responding to drought conditions; and
- (f) any other matter prescribed under a regulation.