Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Executive, on behalf of the Commonwealth, has the functions of managing, protecting and using the water resources of the Googong Dam Area in a way that is consistent with the objects of the Water Resources Act 2007 (ACT).
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection ( 1), the Executive may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, carry out, either alone or in association with other persons, the planning and provision of a dam, pipelines and other works and facilities for:
(a) the collection, diversion and storage of water in the Googong Dam Area;
(b) the conveyance and supply of water from that Area for use in the Territory or in a place that is the subject of an agreement under subsection 12(2) for the conveyance and supply of water;
(c) the treatment and purification of water supplied or to be supplied from that Area; and
(d) the prevention of the pollution of water supplied or to be supplied from that Area;
and of works and facilities for the accommodation in that Area of persons employed by the Territory or by a Territory authority in connexion with the protection or regulation of that Area or with the operation and maintenance of any such dam, pipelines, works or facilities in that Area.