Article​​​​​​​ 17. Management of water management facilities

Water management facilities transferred to state organizations under the right of operational management are state water management facilities.

State water management facilities are managed by user organizations.

By decisions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan or the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, state water management facilities may:

be transferred to private sector management under a public-private partnership agreement;

be privatized to the private sector through auctions — vertical irrigation wells and certain small pumping stations (with a water discharge capacity of up to 1 cubic meter per second).

Water management facilities that serve only one water user (a lessee of agricultural land) shall be transferred free of charge for exclusive use under the right of operational management to such water user by the relevant decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan or the regional hokimiyat.

Water management facilities that serve two or more water users (lessees of agricultural land plots) shall be transferred free of charge for exclusive use under the right of operational management to water supply organizations by the relevant decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Maintenance of water management facilities transferred for use shall be carried out at the expense of funds of the respective water users and water supply organizations.

Water management facilities built at the expense of water usersʼ own funds shall be considered private property.