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The Municipality may, by order publish at such places as it thinks fit, set setting apart aparl any tank, well, spring or water-course or any part thereof, vested in it or, of ~ a t e r s o ~ ~ ~ by an agreement with the owner thereof, any private tank, well spring or water fordrinking course or past thereof, subject to any rights which the owner may retain with and other the consent of the Municipality for any of the following purposes, namely :- purposes. (a) for the supply of water exclusively for drinking or for culinary purpose or for both, or (b) for the purpose of bathing, or (c) for washing animals or clothes, or (d) for any other purpose connected with the health, cleanliness or comfort of the inhabitants, and may, by like order, prohibit the bathing or the washing of animals or clothes or other things at any public place not set apart for such purposes or prohibit any other act by which water in any public place may be rendered foul or unfit for use, or provide for alternative facilities and conveniences to regulate the use of any tank, well, spring or water course to promote public safety, health and welfare. Water analysis. 153. The State Government may make rules to provide for the proper analysis of the water of any water-works, tank, well, spring or any water-courses or other source, used or likely to be used for drinking or culinary purposes in any Municipal area and in particular, may require the Municipality to take samples of water in the manner prescribed and make it over at such time and place, and to such person or persons, as the State Government may appoint in this behalf. Power to make 154. The State Government may make rules to provide for- rules. (a) the preparation of plans and Estimates for Water-works or for introduction of a public distribution net-work ; (b) the power of the Municipality to accord sanction of such plans and estimates ; (c) the publication of the particulars and the nature of any water-work or scheme, its cost, and the manner in which it is to be financed and carried out ; (d) the size and nature of water-works, mains, service-mains, pipes or channels to be constructed or laid by the Municipality for the supply of water ; (e) the maintenance of municipal water-works and of pipes and fittings in connection therewith ; (f) the size and nature of the stand-posts or pumps to be erected by a Municipatity and of the ferrules and all pipes, stand pipes, stops-cocks, taps, hydrants and other fittings, whether within or outside any premises, that may be necessary for the regulation of the supply and use of water. (g) the mains of pipes in which fire pluge are to be fixed and the places at which keys of the fire plugs are to be deposited ; (h) the periodical analysis by a qualified analyst of the water supplied by a Municipality; (i) the conservations of, and.the prevention of injury or contamination to sources and means of water supply and appliances for the distribution of water, whether within or without the limits of a Municipal area ; (j) The manner in which connection with water-works or supply-system is to be maintained, the fees to be levied for such connections and the persons by whom they shall be paid and the agency to be employed for such construction, a1 teration or maintenance ; (k) the rates at which the charges for water supplied in excess of the prescribed quota for domestic purposes and for water supplied for various non-domestic purposes may believed by the Municipality and the use, maintenance and testing of matters and fenules ; (I) the regulations of all matters and things connected with the supply and use of water, and the turning on, and turning off, and preventing the waste of water ; and (m) any other matter relating to the supply of water in respect of which this Act or any other law for the time being in force makes no provision or makes insufficient provision and further provision is, in the opinion of the State Government, necessary.