Section 2Sec./Art. 2

Creation, Name, Domicile and Jurisdiction.

(a) There is hereby created a government corporation to be known as the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, hereinafter referred to as the System, which shall be organized within thirty days after the approval of this Act.

(b) The domicile and principal place of business of the System shall be in the City of Manila. The System shall have such branches and agencies as may be necessary for the proper conduct of its affairs.

(c) The System shall own and/or have jurisdiction, supervision and control over all waterworks and sewerage system in the territory comprising the cities of Manila, Pasay, Quezon, Cavite and Caloocan, and the municipalities of Antipolo, Cainta, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Montalban, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasig, Pateros, San Juan, San Mateo, Taguig, Taytay, all of Rizal Province, the municipalities of Bacoor, Imus Kawit, Noveleta, Rosario, all of Cavite province and Valenzuela, Bulacan.

All other waterworks and sewerage systems now under the supervision and control of National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority (NWSA), shall remain with the System unless the provinces, cities and municipalities concerned shall elect to separate from the System, in which case, they shall communicate their decision to the System and the separation shall take effect upon agreement of the System and the local government not later than thirty (30) days from the time the System receives the notice of the decision.

The Wells and Springs Department of the National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority shall be ceded, transferred and conveyed to the Bureau of Public Works.

(d) Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, all existing waterworks systems or any system that may hereafter be established by cities and municipalities shall have exclusive control and supervision over all sources of water supply, such as rivers and streams for waterworks purposes in their respective jurisdictions, and any water right now enjoyed by he National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority in the different cities and municipalities concerned: Provided, however, That in case of provincial waterworks systems now existing, the said water rights shall be transferred to that provincial system.