Article​​​​​​​ 26. State Control over the Use and Protection of Water

The task of state control over the use and protection of water is to ensure compliance by all ministries, agencies, institutions, organizations, farms, and other legal entities and individuals with the established procedure for water use, the obligations of protecting water, preventing and eliminating the harmful effects of water, the rules of water accounting and reporting, as well as other rules established by water legislation.

State control over the use and protection of water is exercised, within the limits of their powers and in accordance with the procedure established by legislation, by local hokimiyat bodies, the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Mining Industry and Geology of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the Sanitary-Epidemiological Well-being and Public Health Committee.