Article​​​​​​​ 133. Establishing sanitary protection zones of mineral water sources used for therapeutic-health purposes

Sanitary protection zones are established around sources of mineral waters, deposits of medicinal mud, and mineral lakes used for the therapeutic and cultural-health needs of the population, for the purpose of preserving the natural physical and chemical properties of the therapeutic sources, as well as protecting them from destruction, pollution, and depletion.

When one or several interconnected mineral water deposits, mixed bathing places, and other natural therapeutic facilities are used, a single sanitary protection zone may be established for them.

The sanitary protection zone is divided into three zones: the first is a zone of strict regime, the second is a zone of restricted regime, and the third is a zone of observation.

The first zone covers the areas where mineral waters emerge and deposits of medicinal mud, mineral lakes, and bays whose water is used for therapeutic purposes, and beaches are located, as well as a territory adjacent to the beaches with a width of at least 100 meters.

The second zone covers:

the territory where surface waters flow towards the place where mineral waters emerge, deposits of medicinal mud, mineral lakes and bays, and shallow areas of the earthʼs surface where mineral and fresh waters circulate, which participate in the formation of mineral sources;

places where mineral waters and medicinal mud are stored naturally and artificially;

the territory where sanatorium-resort organizations are located, as well as the territory intended for the establishment of such facilities as recreation parks, forest parks, and other tree and shrub plantations, according to project documentation.

The third zone (its outer boundaries correspond to the boundaries of the sanitary protection zone) includes all areas, tree and shrub plantations, and other territories located in the vicinity where hydromineral resources are replenished and formed, the economic use of which without compliance with the rules established for the sanitary protection zone may have a negative impact on the hydrogeological regime of mineral water and medicinal mud deposits, as well as on sanitary and landscape-climatic conditions.