Law on water rights (Water Rights Law). Country/Territory Switzerland Territorial subdivision Nidwalden Document type Legislation Date 1967 (2014) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Basic legislation Water rights Water supply Inland waters Groundwater Surface water Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Entry into force notes The present Lsw enters into force on 1 January 1968. Abstract The present Law implements the federal legislation on water rights. Article 1 establishes that the Canton has the sovereign right over public waters, and in particular local authorities. The text consists of 100 articles divided into 6 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Organization (II); Waterworks and maintenance of waters (III); Exploitation of waters (IV); Financial provisions (V); Implementation, penalties and transitional and final provisions (VI). Full text German Website www.nw.ch