Power and Water Corporation Act 1987

(1) The functions of the Corporation in relation to water and sewerage are:

(a) to acquire, store, treat, distribute, market and otherwise supply water for any purpose;

(c) to undertake, maintain and operate any works, system, facilities, apparatus or equipment required for any purpose referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

(d) to use its expertise and resources to provide consultative, advisory or other services for profit;

(e) to develop and turn to account any technology, software or other intellectual property that relates to a function referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c); and

(f) to manufacture and market any product or by-product that relates to a function referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (e).

(2) In addition to subsection (1), it is also a function of the Corporation:

(b) to do anything that the Corporation determines to be conducive or incidental to the performance of a function referred to in subsection (1); and

(c) to do anything that it is authorised to do by any other written law.

(3) If the performance of any of the Corporation's functions referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) requires that the Corporation hold a licence under the Water Act 1992, the Corporation may only perform the function in accordance with the terms and conditions of the licence.

(4) In subsection (1), wastewater means liquid waste, whether domestic or otherwise, and includes faecal matter and urine.