Regulation on the priority of water use in the Istrian region deriving from the body surface and ground waters during severe disruptions in water supply and other forms of water use.

Subject

Water

Keyword

Water supply Early warning system Classification/declassification Water abstraction Water shortage/drought

Geographical area

Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe

Entry into force notes

This Regulation enters into force on the day of its adoption, and it will be published in the Official Gazette.

Abstract

This Regulation, during severe disruptions in water supply and other forms of water use, determines the order of priority of water use in the Istria county (Republic of Croatia): surface water bodies, except for the abstraction for public water supply; sources ( including wells, boreholes, sealings, etc) intended for human consumption, which provide an average of 10m³ or less water or supplies 50 and fewer people, on land owned by the Croatian Republic, local and territorial (regional) self-government; sources (including wells , boreholes ,sealings, etc) intended for human consumption which provide an average of more than 10 m³ of water per day and can provide water for more than 50 people, which were not included in the public water supply, on land owned by the Republic of Croatian, local and territorial (regional) self-government; and sources (including wells, boreholes, sealings, etc) that are in public water systems, but the in the period of validity of these decisions is not used for public water supply.

Full text

Croatian

Website

www.nn.hr

References - Legislation

Implements

Water Law.

Legislation | Croatia | 2009

Keyword: Framework law, Basic legislation, Freshwater resources management, Groundwater, Standards, Irrigation, Waterworks, Water supply, Sustainable development, Sustainable use, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX