Regional Decree No. 187 validating the Regulation on proclamation of saint spring of the St. Kazan Chimeyevsky men’s monastery monument of nature. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Kurgan Document type Regulation Date 2004 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Protected area Water abstraction Potable water Education 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 On the territory of saint spring of the St. Kazan Chimeyevsky men’s monastery monument of nature shall be prohibited the following activities: (a) carrying out economic and other activities not related to the performance of the rituals of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as to the protection, use and improvement of the source; (b) water intake by a mechanized method; (c) water intake for industrial bottling; (d) carrying out works leading to a change in the hydrological regime of the source (overlapping of the places where water comes to the surface, excavation of the recharge area); (e) littering of the source with garbage; and (f) stay of farm and domestic animals at the source. The following activities shall be authorized on the territory of saint spring of the St. Kazan Chimeyevsky men’s monastery monument of nature: (a) visiting the source for the performance of the rituals of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as for cultural and educational purposes; (b) water intake for the needs of the Holy Kazan Monastery, as well as for the personal consumption of citizens; and (c) improvement of the source, incl. clearing of siltation, installation of overhang structures, sheds, fences. Full text Russian Website oopt.aari.ru