423. The council may make by-laws to provide for the establishment or acquiring, maintenance, management and regulation of waterworks, public wells, cisterns or reservoirs, to supply water in the territory of the municipality, and to instal hydrants, fountains, public drinking places and apparatus for filtering and purifying water.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 433 (part); 1972, c. 49, s. 128; 1996, c. 2, s. 157.