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Water Resources Management Act, 2013 (No. 11 of 2013).

Country/Territory
Namibia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2013
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Government Gazette of Namibia No. 5367 of 19 December 2013.
Long title
An Act to provide for the management, protection, development, use and conservation of water resources; to provide for the regulation and monitoring of water services and to provide for incidental matters.
Subject
Environment gen., Sea, Water, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Marine pollution Traditional rights/customary rights Community management Framework law Freshwater resources management Policy/planning Basin/catchment/watershed Water conservation zone Authorization/permit Water charges Pollution control Freshwater pollution Irrigation Water rights Inspection Institution Subsidy/incentive Data collection/reporting Groundwater Rainwater Well sinking/boreholes Effluent waste water/discharge Servitude Waterworks Flood Water supply Monitoring Hydropower generation Industrial water use Water shortage/drought Court/tribunal Dispute settlement Water users' associations Classification/declassification Gender Offences/penalties Right to water Human rights Inland waters Ecosystem preservation Wetlands Protected area
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

This Act provides for the management and conservation of all water resources of Namibia including the whole or any part of a watercourse or an aquifer, the sea and meteoric water. The objects of this Act are to ensure that the water resources of Namibia are managed, developed, used, conserved and protected in a manner consistent with, or conducive to, the fundamental principles set out in section 3.

Full text
English

References - Legislation

Amends

Namibia Water Corporation Act, 1997 (No. 12 of 1997).

Legislation | Namibia | 1997

Keyword: Basic legislation, Institution, Water supply, Waterworks, Data collection/reporting, Water rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Water Resources Management Act, 2004 (No. 284 of 2004).

Legislation | Namibia | 2004

Keyword: Marine pollution, Basic legislation, Freshwater resources management, Policy/planning, Basin/catchment/watershed, Water conservation zone, Authorization/permit, Water charges, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Irrigation, Water rights, Inspection, Institution, Subsidy/incentive, Data collection/reporting, Groundwater, Rainwater, Well sinking/boreholes, Effluent waste water/discharge, Servitude, Waterworks, Flood, Water supply, Hydropower generation, Industrial water use, Water shortage/drought, Court/tribunal, Dispute settlement, Water users' associations, Classification/declassification, Offences/penalties, Gender, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX