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	&nbsp;The Natural Resource and Environment Ministry will approach Cabinet for a decision to draft a Private Tap-Water Operation bill.</div>
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	The law governing tap-water distribution around the country is regarded as an outdated bill. It was introduced by a coup administration and endorsed nearly 40 years ago, in 1972. Tap-water operators must seek permission or receive a concession from the state in order to have the right to produce tap-water.</div>
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	&nbsp;Procedures to seek and receive approval are lengthy and small operators making applications encounter considerable red tape. The ministry wants to draft a bill that allows the operators to get approval more easily.</div>

Tap-water bill

Cabinet will be asked to draft a bill that allows small operators to operate tap-water businesses more easily, a source said yesterday.