Article​​​​​​​ 34. State Regulation of the Use and Protection of Water and Water Bodies

In regulating the use and protection of water and water bodies, the following shall be taken into account:

establishing normative indicators for water intake, wastewater, and collector-drainage water discharge, taking into consideration the conditions of maintaining the necessary quantity of water in the natural cycle, ensuring its normative purity, preserving water flora and fauna, preventing pollution of water reservoirs, maintaining ecological balance within them, and preventing damage to water reservoirs as part of the landscape;

standardization, certification, and metrological support in accordance with established norms in the field of water use and its protection;

establishing other norms (ecological restrictions, water quality, etc.) and rules in the field of water use and its protection.

The regulation of the use and protection of water and water bodies shall be carried out by a specially authorized state body in accordance with the requirements of water legislation.

The main tasks of regulating the use and protection of water and water bodies are as follows:

ensuring environmental safety in the part relating to the use of water, water bodies, and other water-related ecosystems;

preventing an increase in the permissible limited volume of non-recoverable surface and underground water withdrawal;

maintaining water and water bodies in accordance with environmental norms (environmental quality, permissible limits of harmful impact, the use of water, protective, sanitary, and other zones, etc.).