Order No. 111 of the Ministry of Natural Resources validating the Regulation on hydroeconomic zoning of the territory of the Russian Federation. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Surface water Zoning Freshwater resources management Water rights Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This Order establishes the methodology of hydroeconomic zoning of the territory of the Russian Federation and the modalities of subdivision of hydrographic units (sub-basins and river basins) into hydroeconomic plots. The Regulation establishes: (a) basic principles and criteria of subdivision of hydrographic units into hydroeconomic plots; (b) the modalities of determination and description of the boundaries of hydroeconomic plots; (c) rules of coding (numbering) of hydroeconomic plots; and (d) list and contents of the documents required for the establishment of hydroeconomic plots and the boundaries thereof. Hydroeconomic plots shall be minimum parts of the river basins used for drawing water balance (with a view of sufficient and inexhaustible water uses, and conservation of waterbodies) for the establishment of water abstraction and effluent waste water discharge limits, and also other terms and conditions of water management. All the validated hydrographic units on the territory of the Russian Federation shall be subject to subdivision into hydroeconomic plots. Full text Russian Website www.vcom.ru