Ordinance implementing the Law on water rights (Water Rights Ordinance). Country/Territory Switzerland Territorial subdivision Nidwalden Document type Regulation Date 1968 (2014) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Waterworks Groundwater Surface water Enforcement/compliance Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance implements the Law on water rights of 30 April 1967. Article 1 establishes that the Governing Council decides whether waters or groundwater are to be considered as public waters. The text consists of 69 articles divided into 5 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Water constructions and maintenance of waters (II); Exploitation of waters (III); Financial provisions (IV); Transitional and final provisions (V). Full text German Website www.nw.ch