Presidential Decree No. UP-5018 “On setting up the State Inspectorate on Potable Water Control subordinated to the Cabinet of Ministers”. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Legislation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition, Water Keyword Institution Potable water Enforcement/compliance Water abstraction Groundwater Freshwater resources management Freshwater pollution Water supply Sewerage Pollution control 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 Entry into force notes The Presidential Decree enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract The President, for the purpose of radically improving the provision of quality potable water to the population, efficient operation of the facilities of the water supply and sewage system, rational use of the potable water resources, as well as the creation of a unified system of state control over the use of potable water, decrees to establish the State Inspectorate on Potable Water Control subordinated to the Cabinet of Ministers with territorial inspections for monitoring the use of potable water in Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions and the city of Tashkent. The Inspectorate shall exercise state control over: (a) compliance with the requirements of legislation and regulatory documents in the field of technical regulation in the area of rational and efficient abstraction, transportation and supply of potable water, provision of sewage services and wastewater treatment; (b) conducting of the technical audit of the objects of the water supply and sewage system by water supply and sewerage organizations, aimed at improving the technological process and energy saving; (c) compliance with the requirements of the technical conditions for connection to the water supply and sewage system, prevention of unauthorized connections to the water supply and sewage system; (d) state and conditions of operation of the objects of the water supply and sewage system, implementation of measures for the prevention of damage and accidents in the water supply and sewage system, in compliance with established norms for potable water losses; and (e) state and conditions of exploitation of underground water wells, regardless of their forms of ownership. Full text Russian Website lex.uz References - Legislation Implemented by Presidential Resolution No. PP-2899 validating the Regulation on the State Inspectorate on Potable Water Control subordinated to the Cabinet of Ministers. Legislation | Uzbekistan | 2017 Keyword: Institution, Potable water, Enforcement/compliance, Water abstraction, Groundwater, Freshwater resources management, Freshwater pollution, Water supply, Sewerage, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX