Royal Decree No.82/88 considering the water reserve a national wealth. Pays/Territoire Oman Type du document Législation Date 1988 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Eau Mot clé Eaux souterraines Monitorage Utilisation durable Gestion des resources en eau douce Aire géographique Asie, Océan Indien, Moyen-Orient, Afrique du Nord et Proche-Orient, Asie Occidentale Entry into force notes This Decree enters into force on the date of its publication in the official Gazette. Résumé This Royal Decree consisting of 5 articles aims at declaring that the water resources of Oman are a national resource. It refers in particular to the water reserve and the State directs its exploitation to serve the agricultural and development plans. In this sense, it is considered a water reserve the existing underground reservoirs when this decree came into force or that appear thereafter, and whoever owns the land on its surface or from which it is irrigated (art.1). The use of the water stock is subject to the controls that specify the underground reservoirs, the areas that benefit from them, the ways of their passage to them, and the rules for their distribution and use (art.2). Texte intégral Arabe Site web data.qanoon.om