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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