Decree on the General Drainage Plan (General Drainage Plan). Country/Territory Switzerland Territorial subdivision Basel-Landschaft Document type Regulation Date 1996 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Pollution control Freshwater pollution Drainage/land reclamation Data collection/reporting Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Entry into force notes The present Decree enters into force on 1 January 1997. Abstract The present Decree enforces the Law on water protection of 18 April 1994. The General Drainage Plan is the basis for an appropriate water quality protection and a purposeful urban drainage in the communities. In particular, article 2 establishes that at the basis of the General Drainage Plan are six status reports by the communities. The text consists of 7 articles as follows: Purpose (1); Conditions (2); Content of status reports (3); Content (4); Adaptation (5); Binding obligations (6); Entry into force (7). Full text German Website www.bl.ch