Law on the new enactment of the Water Act and the amendment of other water law regulations (Water Law Modernization Act). Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Schleswig-Holstein Document type Legislation Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Enforcement/compliance Effluent waste water/discharge Inland waters Procedural matters Water charges Freshwater resources management Water supply Water users' associations Pollution control Freshwater pollution Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Entry into force notes This Law comes into force on 1 January 2020. Abstract This Law provides a collection of the new enactment in the Schleswig-Holstein province with regard to water legislation, including ratification of the new Water Act, Waste Water Tax Act, amendment of the Water Tax Law, amendment on the State Water Association Act, amendment of the Municipal Tax Law, amendment of the Law on Protection of Nature, amendment of the Neighbour Rights Act, amendment of the Law on Environmental Impact Assessment, amendment of the State Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Act, and amendment for the state ordinance on the establishment of the State Office for Coastal Protection, National Park and Marine Protection. Article 12 of this Law provides for the list of the laws that are repealed by this new enactment including Water Act 2008 and Waste Water Tax Act 1990. Full text German Website www.gesetze-rechtsprechung.sh.juris.de References - Legislation Repeals Schleswig-Holstein Water Law. Legislation | Germany | 2008 (2019) Keyword: Basic legislation, Surface water, Groundwater, Freshwater resources management, Effluent waste water/discharge, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Registration, Expropriation, Monitoring, Water supply, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Environmental standards, Standards, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law implementing the Waste Water Charges Act. Legislation | Germany | 1990 (2013) Keyword: Water charges, Effluent waste water/discharge, Freshwater pollution, Offences/penalties, Enforcement/compliance, Environmental standards, Pollution control, Standards, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX