Section 3Sec./Art. 3

Rights and Privileges. Without limiting the scope of authority of the grantee provided under Section 1, the grantee shall establish, manage, operate, repair, rehabilitate, expand, and improve the waterworks and sewerage system in the Franchise Area, including the right to bill and collect fees from end-users for water supply and sewerage services.

The grantee shall also have the rights and privileges to:

(a) Develop, finance, construct, install, maintain, operate, as its operation may require, water sources, including new raw water sources, including deep wells, dams, aqueducts, tunnels, treatment plants, reservoirs, pump stations, and facilities for transmission, conveyance and distribution of water including pipelines, machineries, and other waterworks for the purpose of supplying water in the Franchise Area, for domestic, commercial, industrial, and other purposes;

(b) Recover, supply, distribute, and reuse treated and grey water, whether in bulk or retail, within the Franchise Area for domestic, commercial or industrial and other purposes;

(c) Finance, construct, install, maintain, and operate sewerage systems, whether separate or combined, as may be necessary for the proper sanitation and other uses within the Franchise Area: Provided, That the grantee may only after services to non-residential customers for industrial effluents compatible with available treatment processes;

(d) Purify water from deep well, reservoirs, dams and other water sources subject to the approval of the Department of Health or any other government agency concerned;

(e) Construct works across, over, through or alongside, any stream, water-course, canal, ditch, public places, bridge, street, avenue, highway, or railway, as the location of said works may require: Provided, That the works be constructed in a manner as to afford security to life and property, and to the extent reasonably possible not to obstruct traffic: Provided, further, That the stream, water-course, canal, ditch, public places, bridge, street, avenue, highway, or railways so crossed or intersected shall be restored as provided in Section 6; and

(f) Disconnect water supply and discontinue provision of water or wastewater services if customer defaults in the payment of fees for the services provided, or for acts of pilferage pursuant to Republic Act No. 8041 or the National Water Crisis Act of 1995.