WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1974

 STATEMENT AND OBJECTIVE: An Act to provide for the prevention and control
of water pollution and the maintaining or restoring of wholesomeness of water, for the
establishment, with a view to carrying out the purposes aforesaid, of Boards for the
prevention and control of water pollution, for conferring on and assigning to such Boards
powers and functions relating thereto and for matters connected therewith.

 DRAWBACK: The Water Pollution Prevention and Control Act suffers from various
drawbacks in spite of being one of the earliest acts which were being passed by the Indian
Parliament to control the pollution of water. One of the chief drawbacks of this Act is that
the Act is silent about the groundwater management policies. Another drawback with
which this Act suffers from is the fact that it does not deal with the indiscriminate tapping
of ground water, rain water harvesting, etc.