161 Power to deal with foul water and pollution
Water Industry Act 1991 (1991 c 56) | Legislation

161  Power to deal with foul water and pollution

(1)     Subject to the provisions of Chapter III of this Part, every relevant undertaker shall, for the purpose of carrying out its functions, have power—

(a)     to carry out in a street all such works as are requisite for securing that the water in any relevant waterworks is not polluted or otherwise contaminated; and

(b)     to carry out any works requisite for, or incidental to, the purposes of any works falling within paragraph (a) above, including for those purposes the following kinds of works, that is to say—

(i)     breaking up or opening a street;

(ii)     tunnelling or boring under a street;

(iii)     breaking up or opening a sewer, drain or tunnel;

(iv)     moving or removing earth and other materials;

and the provisions of section 158 above shall, so far as applicable, have effect in relation to the powers conferred by this subsection as they have effect in relation to the powers conferred by subsection (1) of that section.

(2)     Subject to the provisions of Chapter III of this Part, every relevant undertaker shall, for the purpose

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