Central Water Commission

The Central Water Commission (CWC) is the national water company of Alduria and the country's top agency for water management.

Founded in 1669, it supplies Alduria with 90% of its drinking water and operates a cross-country water supply network, the National Reservoir System, and a cross-country water treatment, wastewater reclamation, and decontamination network, the Central Water System.

The CWC has partnered with numerous companies and organizations around the world in areas including desalination and water management.

History

The Central Water Commission was reorganized as an independent national government agency with the duty and responsibility to ensure that the people have safe and clean water to drink, as well as to help secure the water needed for industry, agriculture, and other economic activities, by virtue of the Water Crisis Act of 1674, enacted by the Aldurian Parliament.

Organization

In accordance with the Water Crisis Act of 1674, the Central Water Commission is composed of:

• Secretaries of Departments
• 6 Aldurian citizens of demonstrated competence in water issues, to serve staggered terms of 3 years, and appointed by the President on recommendation of the Prime Minister

The chief executive of the Central Water Commission is be the Director-General, who is appointed by the President of Alduria for a term of three years from a list of qualified individuals on recommendation of the Commission, but may be removed for cause by three-fourths majority vote of all the members of the Commission. The Director-General determines the staffing pattern of the Commission staff and appoints or contracts its subordinate officials. The Director-General is required to submit an annual report on the operations of the Commission to the President of Alduria, the Prime Minister, and the Parliament. The Director-General is assisted by no more than 9 Deputy Directors-General, who shall be appointed by him and serve at his pleasure.

The Commission may deputize any government agency, official, employee or any Aldurian citizen to assist it in the performance of its functions.

Funding

Section III, 5 of the Water Crisis Act of 1674 authorized the Central Water Commission to impose and collect reasonable fees or charges for water resources development from water appropriators, except when it is for purely domestic purposes.

All funds collected by the Central Water Commission in the course of its operations are retained by the Central Water Commission, provided that ten percentum of its annual net revenue is remitted to the Aldurian Treasury, and that twenty-five percentum of its annual net revenue shall accrue to a Development Fund for the improvement of water facilities throughout Alduria.

An initial fund of One Billion Ecus was appropriated from the Development Fund for Alduria and credited to the Central Water Commission to implement the Water Crisis Act, subject to review by the Cabinet and the Parliament.