Water Strategy for the Republic of Macedonia (2012-2042). Pays/Territoire Macédoine du Nord Type du document Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Agriculture et développement rural, Énergie, Environnement gén., Pêche, Plantes cultivées, Eau Mot clé Terrains agricoles Irrigation Utilisation durable Conservation de l'énergie/production de l'énergie Production d'énergie hydroélectrique Préservation de l'écosystème Biodiversité Aquaculture Poissons d'eau douce Engrais/nutriments Pesticides Lit Catastrophe Eaux usées/déversement Drainage/assèchement Insuffisance d'eau/sécheresse Érosion Inondation Pollution des eaux douces/qualité des eaux douces Gestion des resources en eau douce Eaux souterraines Substances dangereuses Eau à usage industriel Eaux continentales Gestion intégrée Relations internationales/coopération Monitorage Navigation Politique/planification Lutte contre la pollution Eau potable Aire protégée Protection de l’environnement Égouts Eaux superficielles Eaux thermales et médicinales Prélèvement d'eau Zone de conservation des eaux Approvisionnement en eau Ouvrages Utilisation de l'eau par le bétail Aire géographique Europe, EUROPE ET ASIE CENTRALE, Pays en développement sans littoral, Europe du sud Résumé This publication contains the full text of the Macedonian Water Strategy. The Water Strategy of the Republic of North Macedonia sets out how the water sector should look like by the year 2040, and some of the steps it will need to take to get there. It is a vision where rivers, canals and lakes have improved for people and ecosystems, and where it continue to provide excellent quality of drinking water. It is a vision of a sector that values and protects its water resources and where flood and drought risks are addressed with markedly greater understanding and use of good surface water. Water management and the field of water policy are regulated in European and Macedonian legislation. This text highlishgts that the most important part of legislation of the Republic of Macedonia in the field of water management is already established, among all necessary water management principles. Water is vital for our health and wellbeing, and for agriculture (also livestock breeding), fisheries, industry, and transportation. Healthy water resources are necessary for a high-quality natural environment. Water strategy resumes facts from the field of water legal and institutional framework. It comprehends conclusions on state of water with separately investigated general river basin characteristics, state of water use, state of river training and protection against harmful effects of water and state of water protection. Ascertainment on state of water are starting point for defining water management objectives and consequently programme of measures that is upgraded with economical issues. These segments are summarised in water vision for the future that is not care only of the state or government but is care of every individual that creates our common living space. In this Strategy, the European legal framework is given in two parts, in the first part the general legal framework is given for water management. In the second part the main specific directives are briefly described for water use, surface water management and water protection. The purpose of water protection is the preservation of human health and the environment, which includes achieving and preserving good water state, preventing water pollution, preventing hydromorphological changes and rehabilitation of water status where it is devastated. Objectives of water protection in the Republic of Macedonia comprises: protection of surface and groundwater as a drinking water reserve (existing and planned reserves); protection of protected and other areas of importance, related to water areas - areas of special protection of waters, areas for preservation of human health and the preservation of water and water-dependent ecosystems and preserving of biodiversity in the frame of integrated water management; improvement of ecological functions of waters where the water quality is deteriorated and where required water quality is not achieved, with integrated water management and gradual implementation of comprehensive measures for water protection and systematic monitoring of effects of measures implemented in the river basin; reduction of the quantity of dangerous substances at source of pollution with implementation of water protection measures; contribution to sustainable water management with rational and sustainable use of water resources. Texte intégral Anglais/Macédonien Site web www.moepp.gov.mk