Act No. 285 on Water Resources Management, 1989. Country/Territory Netherlands Document type Legislation Date 1989 (2005) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Basic legislation Surface water Policy/planning Institution Geographical area Benelux, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The stated objective of the Act is to promote a consistent and effective management of the nation's water resources, with special regard for surface waters. To this effect, various planning mechanisms are provided for in the statute. A Water Economy Working Plan is to provide the policy framework for more detailed water sector planning. Such Plan covers surface waters, and contains the basic guidelines for the development and conservation of the resource, and a time-frame for implementation. The Plan is to be coordinated with the National Environmental Plan, and reviewed every four years. The Minister of Transport and Public Works is responsible for tabling the working plan in Parliament (sect. 3). The framework Working Plan is complemented by a State Water Management Plan, provincial water management plans, and other water management plans. State and provincial plans cover, respectively, surface waters under state control and surface waters under Provincial Government control. The former is the joint responsibility of the Ministers of, respectively, Transport and Public Works, and Housing, Planning and the Environment. The plan for waters under state control is to spell out, among other things, the destination of use of surface waters, a phased programme for the development, use and conservation of the resource, including a time-frame for implementation; and indication of the financial resources required and of the relevant source. Full text Dutch Website www.overheid.nl References - Legislation Amended by Act to amend certain provisions of the Water Resources Management Act with respect to the system of permits and the regime for extraordinary circumstances (Compulsory permits for discharge in relation with drainage). Legislation | Netherlands | 1995 Keyword: Surface water, Drainage/land reclamation, Effluent waste water/discharge, Authorization/permit, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree No. 220 of 1999 on Indication Subsidiary Waters of Principal Water Arteries. Legislation | Netherlands | 1999 Keyword: Freshwater resources management, Freshwater pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX Act No. 191 of 2004 to amend certain provisions of the Water Resources Management Act so as to introduce certain general provisions regarding water quantity management and some other issues. Legislation | Netherlands | 2004 Keyword: Surface water, Effluent waste water/discharge, Authorization/permit, Groundwater, Water abstraction, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Act No. 636 of 2006 to repeal the Shipping Fund Act 1955, and to amend certain provisions of the State Water Works Act and some other Laws so as to correct certain mistakes or omissions. Legislation | Netherlands | 2006 Keyword: Surface water, Policy/planning, Sustainable development Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Water Act Implementation Act no. BWBR0026710 of 2009. Legislation | Netherlands | 2009 (2013) Keyword: Marine pollution, Freshwater resources management, Flood, Freshwater pollution, Governance, Groundwater, Liability/compensation, Early warning system, Environmental fees/charges, Surface water, Waterworks, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX