Ordinance implementing the Law on water rights (Water Rights Ordinance). Pays/Territoire Suisse Sous-division territoriale Nidwalden Type du document Règlement Date 1968 (2014) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Eau Mot clé Ouvrages Eaux souterraines Eaux superficielles Mise en application Aire géographique Alpes, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Atlantique du Nord-Est, Europe du Ouest Résumé The present Ordinance implements the Law on water rights of 30 April 1967. Article 1 establishes that the Governing Council decides whether waters or groundwater are to be considered as public waters. The text consists of 69 articles divided into 5 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Water constructions and maintenance of waters (II); Exploitation of waters (III); Financial provisions (IV); Transitional and final provisions (V). Texte intégral Allemand Site web www.nw.ch