Article​​​​​​​ 136. Procedure for establishing and agreeing on water protection zones and sanitary protection zones

The establishment of water protection zones and sanitary protection zones of water objects shall be carried out in accordance with the following procedure.

The customer (the authorities for ecology, environmental protection and climate change, the authorities for mining industry and geology, specialized customer organizations responsible for projects for the construction, reconstruction and restoration of water management facilities, and organizations operating water management facilities) shall:

prepare the terms of reference for the development of the project, coordinate them with the authorities for ecology, environmental protection and climate change, the bodies of the Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Wellbeing and Public Health (with respect to sanitary protection zones), construction authorities and cadaster authorities (where the facility is located within the territory of cities, district centres or rural settlements), and approve them in the prescribed manner;

conclude, in the prescribed manner, an agreement with an organization entrusted with carrying out land management works for the preparation of the project.

An organization entrusted with carrying out land management works shall:

ensure compliance with the applicable standards governing the operation of water management facilities and drinking and domestic water supply systems, territorial land management schemes and integrated environmental protection programmes, approved urban planning documentation relating to the development of the relevant territories and settlements, including the construction component thereof, and the provisions of Chapter 24 of this Code, taking into account the development of water management facilities and drinking and domestic water supply systems;

study the zoogeographical, hunting, geobotanical, soil, forestry and hydrogeological characteristics of the land occupied by water objects and adjacent territories located within the groundwater fluctuation zone;

study the ichthyological, fisheries, hydrogeological, hydrobiological and hydrochemical characteristics of the water area of drinking and domestic water supply sources extending two kilometres upstream and two kilometres downstream from the water intake structure;

collect and examine information on the sanitary and epidemiological situation, as well as on specially protected species of flora and fauna, natural monuments and nature reserves located within the impact zone of the water object;