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Decree No. 149/2004/ND-CP on the issuing of permits for water resource exploration, exploitation and use, or for discharge of wastewater into water sources.

Country/Territory
Viet Nam
Document type
Regulation
Date
2004
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Công Báo No. 02, 3 August 2004, pp. 23-35.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Authorization/permit Concession Effluent waste water/discharge Groundwater Industrial water use Surface water Waste disposal Waste domestic sources Waste non-domestic sources Waterworks Well sinking/boreholes Water rights Pollution control Freshwater pollution
Geographical area
Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia
Entry into force notes
The Decree enters into force 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Abstract

In order to explore, exploit and drill surface water and groundwater sources and to discharge wastewater in both surface and groundwater individuals or Companies must apply for permits, issued by competent authorities: those permits shall have a specific duration and shall submiti to provisions in terms of issuance, renewal, variation, and withdrawal: exploitation and waste discharge on family basis for domestic or agricultural use, as also for aquaculture and forestry, are exempt.

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Implemented by

Circular No. 2/2005/TT-BTNMT guiding the implementation of the Government's Decree No. 149/2004/ND-CP on the issuance of permits for water resource exploration, exploitation and use, or for discharge of wastewater into water sources.

Legislation | Viet Nam | 2005

Keyword: Authorization/permit, Surface water, Groundwater, Water abstraction, Effluent waste water/discharge, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX