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Public tanks, sub-soil water etc. to vest in the Municipality.- (1) All public tanks, reservoirs, cisterns, well, tube-wells, aqueducts, conduits, tunnels, pipes, taps and other water works, whether made, laid or erected at the cost, met from the Municipality or otherwise, and all bridges, buildings, engines, works materials and things, connected therewith or appertaining thereto and any adjacent land (not being private property) appertaining to any public tank, which is situated within the municipal area, shall vest in the Municipality constituted for that municipal area. (2) All rights over the sub-soil water resources within a municipal area, shall vest in the Municipality constituted for that area. 342 210.Power to require Municipality to carry out survey and formulate proposals.- A Municipality may: (a) carry out a survey of the existing consumption of and demand for water supply in the municipal area and of the water resources in or available for the municipal area and quality thereof, (b) prepare an estimate of the future water supply requirements of the municipal area; (c) formulate proposals as to the existing or future water supply requirements of the municipal are; and (d) formulate proposals for maintaining the quality of water resources.