The Basin Water Boards is responsible for managing, conserving and protecting water sources within the basin. The following are basin responsibilities to ensure water sources are sustainable:-
- To prepare basin water resources management plans, projects budgets and an implementation strategy.
- To integrate district plans into basin water resources management plans.
- To provide guidelines and standards for construction and maintenance of water source structures.
- To monitor, evaluate and approve construction and maintenance of water source structures.
- To collect, process and analyse data for water resources management.
- To maintain and update assessments of the availability and potential demand for water resources.
- To approve, issue and revoke water use and discharge permits.
- To maintain a Water Register in accordance with Section 78.
- To monitor and enforce water use and discharge permits and pollution prevention measures.
- To resolve intra-basin conflicts.
- To implement water resources management projects and programmes.
- To co-ordinate the inter-sectoral water resources management at the basin level and serve as a channel of communication between these sectors and water users in general.
- To advise the Director on technical aspects of trans-boundary water issues in the basin.
- To appointment of Chairman and members of the Catchment and Sub-catchment Committees.
- To prepare reports on the state of water resources in a basin.