Regional Law No. 140 VH-II “On delimitation of plenary powers in the sphere of water relations”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Tuva Document type Legislation Date 2007 (2009) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Surface water Groundwater Water supply Potable water Water charges Navigation 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 Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law establishes that water relations shall be subject to regulation in order to ensure the right of citizens to pure and favourable water environment, maintaining optimum water uses, quality of surface water and groundwater complying with sanitary and ecological requirements, protection of waterbodies against pollution, clogging and exhaustion, prevention and mitigation of negative impact on water and conservation of biological diversity of water systems. Regional Government shall carry out the following plenary powers: (a) ownership. Management and disposal of waterbodies; (b) establishment of rates of water charges; (c) reservation of sources of potable water supply; and (d) validation of rules of navigation for small-size vessels. Full text Russian Website www.fpa.su References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 158-ZRT amending Regional Law No. 140 VH-II “On delimitation of plenary powers in the sphere of water relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016 Keyword: Water rights, Local government, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX