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Objective The objectives of this Act are to ensure that groundwater is protected, conserved and regulated so as to: (a) Meet basic human needs and livestock needs, (b) Promote sustainable groundwater use in the public interest, based on a long- (cmi protection of available resources. (C) Ensure that the protection, conseratiOn and regulatiOn of groundwater is integrated with the protection, conservation and regulation of surface water to ensure conjunctive use of surface water and tzroundwater. (d) Ensure the implementation of the principle of subsidiarity. (e) Protect ecosystems and their biological diversity. (1) Reduce and prevent pollution and degradation of groundwater. (g) Ensure that present and future generations have access to sufficient quantity and quality of basic water.