Section 23: Federal water quality standards.

(1) The Agency shall in collaboration with other relevant agencies make regulations for the purpose of protecting public health or welfare and enhancing the quality of water to serve the purpose of this Act.
(2) In drawing up proposals for such regulations and standards, the Agency shall take into consideration the use and value of public water supplies, propagation of marine and wildlife, recreational purposes, agricultural, industrial and other legitimate use.
(3) A person who violates the provisions of the regulations made pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding N50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment and an additional fine of N5,000 for every day the offence subsists.
(4) Where an offence under subsection (1) of this section is committed by a body corporate, it shall on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding N500,000 and an additional fine of N10,000 for every day the offence subsists.