Article​​​​​​​ 21. Powers of the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Field of Regulating Water Relations

The Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan is a specially authorized state body in the field of regulating water relations.

The powers of the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of regulating water relations include:

implementing a unified state policy in the field of water resources management, maintaining water accounting and reporting;

organizing coordination of the activities of state bodies and other organizations in the field of rational use of water and water bodies, their protection, as well as prevention and elimination of harmful effects of water;

generalizing and maintaining the State Water Cadaster;

developing proposals for improving the water legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

developing draft state programs, strategies, and concepts in the field of water management with the participation of interested state bodies;

maintaining the water management balance, establishing quotas and limits for water withdrawal for basin irrigation system administrations, sectors of the economy, and regions;

monitoring the reclamation state of land, mineralization of surface and groundwater, and technical condition of collector-drainage networks, as well as taking measures for their improvement;

ensuring state accounting of water in water bodies and water use;

developing interstate relations in the management and use of transboundary water resources, as well as participating in the activities of international organizations in the field of water management;

performing the functions of the working body of the Republican Water Council;

ensuring the safety and use of water and water management facilities in accordance with competence;

exercising state control over water use and its protection;

ensuring water delivery to water users based on established water withdrawal limits;

approving permits for special water use;

ensuring transparency and completeness of water accounting and electricity consumption in the water management sector;

taking necessary measures to improve the reclamation state of irrigated lands, prevent soil erosion, salinization, and washout;