Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystem Conservation Act. Country/Territory Korea, Republic of Document type Legislation Date 2008 (2014) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Water Keyword Pollution control Basic legislation Freshwater resources management Freshwater pollution Authorization/permit Monitoring Effluent waste water/discharge Wetlands Inspection Sustainable development Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract The purpose of the present Act is to prevent people’s health and environment from being exposed to harm and danger caused by water pollution and to properly manage and preserve water quality and aquatic ecosystems of the public waters, including rivers, lakes and marshes, etc. in order to enable people to enjoy benefits accruing from measures, and hand down such benefits to our future generations. The text consists of 82 sections divided into 9 chapters as follows: General provisions (I); Preservation in water quality and aquatic ecosystem in public waters (II); Control of point pollution sources (III); Control of non-point pollution sources (IV); Control of water pollution sources (V); Wastewater treatment business (VI); Supplementary provisions (VII); Penal provisions (VIII). Full text English Website www.klri.re.kr References - Legislation Implemented by Enforcement Decree of the Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystem Conservation Act. Legislation | Korea, Republic of | 2007 (2015) Keyword: Pollution control, Freshwater resources management, Freshwater pollution, Authorization/permit, Monitoring, Effluent waste water/discharge, Wetlands, Inspection Source: FAO, FAOLEX