Article 52. Priority areas of water use

Water Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan · Date: 30.07.2025 · In force

The following priority areas of water use are established by this Code:

drinking and domestic needs, as well as therapeutic needs of the population;

sanitary and ecological purposes;

industry, energy, and the service sector;

agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry, poultry farming, and personal household land plots, where the supply of water to areas with water-saving irrigation technologies is a priority.

In water use, satisfying the needs of hydropower for water resources is equated in priority to satisfying the water resource needs of agriculture.

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Article 52. Priority areas of water use