Water Resources Act. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 1996 (2002) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 59, 23 August 2002, pp. 3245-3266. Long titleAct on managing water resources. Subject Water Keyword Basic legislation Waterworks Freshwater resources management Water conservation zone Groundwater Authorization/permit Effluent waste water/discharge Pollution control Water users' associations Surface water Registration Offences/penalties Basin/catchment/watershed Freshwater pollution Inland waters Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Entry into force notes The present Act enters into force on 21 August 2002. Abstract A piece of basic legislation concerning water resources in Germany. It shall apply to the following bodies of water: water permanently or temporarily flowing or standing in beds or flowing quickly from springs (surface waters); the sea between the shore line at mean high tide for the seaward limitation of surface waters and the seaward limitation of the sea at the coast (coastal waters); the groundwater. The Länder can exclude from the provisions of this Act small bodies of water which are of lesser importance to water management, as well as springs that have been declared medicinal springs. Moreover, the Länder shall determine the seaward limitation of those surface waters that are not inland waterways belonging to the Federation. The text consists of 42 articles divided into 6 Parts: Introductory provisions; Common provisions for the waters (I); Provisions for surface water (II); Provisions for coastal waters (III); Provisions for groundwater (IV); Water management planning; water register (V); Penalties and final provisions (VI). Two Annexes are enclosed. Full text German/English References - Legislation Implemented by Hazard Installation Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2006 Keyword: Hazardous substances, Water conservation zone, Freshwater resources management, Waterworks, Groundwater, Effluent waste water/discharge, Surface water, Pollution control, Inspection, Offences/penalties, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Hazardous Installation Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 1996 (2010) Keyword: Hazardous substances, Water conservation zone, Freshwater resources management, Waterworks, Groundwater, Effluent waste water/discharge, Surface water, Pollution control, Inspection, Offences/penalties, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Surface Water Charges Law. Legislation | Germany | 2000 (2011) Keyword: Surface water, Water abstraction, Water charges, Data collection/reporting, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Water Law (LWaG). Legislation | Germany | 1992 (2021) Keyword: Framework law, Basic legislation, Groundwater, Surface water, Liability/compensation, Freshwater resources management, Data collection/reporting, Coastal zone management, Monitoring, Inspection, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Amending Act introducing a new definition of the various bodies operating within the Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. Legislation | Germany | 2007 Keyword: Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Water Resources Act. Legislation | Germany | 1957 (2008) Keyword: Basic legislation, Waterworks, Freshwater resources management, Water conservation zone, Groundwater, Authorization/permit, Effluent waste water/discharge, Pollution control, Water users' associations, Surface water, Registration, Offences/penalties, Basin/catchment/watershed, Freshwater pollution, Inland waters Source: FAO, FAOLEX