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Ministerial Decree No. 11 validating the Regulation on keeping the state water register.

Country/Territory
Uzbekistan
Document type
Regulation
Date
1998 (2004)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Surface water Groundwater Registration Access-to-information
Geographical area
Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Abstract

The State water register shall be elaborated and kept for the purpose of rational water management, regulation of water relations and it shall make part of the common state system of the state registers. The State water register shall be the systematic and permanently updated database related to the inventory of water resources, quality and management of water resources, and on water users. It shall be applicable either to surface water or to groundwater. The scope of the State water register shall be to grant access to the state bodies, legal and natural persons to the information regarding waterbodies, water resources and water users. The basic principles of keeping the State water register shall be: (a) coverage of all the national waterbodies; (b) application of the common water registration system; (c) reliability of the water register information; (d) computer-based system of keeping the State water register.

Full text
Russian
Website
pravo.uz

References - Legislation

Implements

Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Water and Water Use of 6 March 1993.

Legislation | Uzbekistan | 1993 (2019)

Keyword: Aquaculture, Framework law, Basic legislation, Freshwater resources management, Inland waters, Freshwater pollution, Waterworks, Navigation, Irrigation, Water supply, Water rights, Potable water, Industrial water use, Hydropower generation, Dispute settlement, Institution, Water conservation zone, Timber, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX