- Conceding permits to use surface and underground water for various ends (urban water supply, agriculture and livestock, industrial use, electricity generation, leisure and tourism, recreation, desalination and reuse).
- Declaring and using mineral water.
- Regulations for protecting public water (authorisation to build over an easement, in flood-risk areas and urban development).
- Legal advice on demarcation proceedings related to public water.
- Drafting orders and regulations regarding potable water supply services and waste water treatment.
- Ecological flow, fish ladders and flow limiting devices.
- Sanctioning procedures for failure to comply with permits and licenses: exceeding the stipulated maximum flow or the continuous flow rate and matters involving waste water discharge, etc.
- Taxation: water charges, water tariffs, regulation charges, water infrastructure charges and waste water charges.
- Provisional system for water legislation.
- Advice on preparing, developing and executing water works plans and programmes.
- Advice for public and private water suppliers (connection and disconnection).
- Waste water discharge.