Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
51. Central Water Laboratory.
(1) The Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, -
(a) establish a
Central Water Laboratory; or
(b) specify any
laboratory or institute as a Central Water Laboratory, to carry out the
functions entrusted to the Central Water Laboratory under this Act.
(2) The Central Government may, after
consultation with the Central Board, make rules prescribing -
(a) the functions of
the Central Water Laboratory;
(b) the procedure for
the submission to the said laboratory of samples of water or of sewage or trade
effluent for analysis or tests, the form of the laboratory's report thereon and
the fees payable in respect of such report;
(c) such other matters as may be necessary expedient to enable that laboratory
to carry out its functioning.