Article 65. Procedure for allocating water intake quotas that significantly affect the interests of existing water users
Water Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan · Date: 30.07.2025 · In force
An application for allocating a quota in an amount that is five or more percent greater than the average annual volume of water actually taken in a certain hydrographic zone for the last ten hydrological years is recognized as an application that significantly affects the interests of existing water users.
The required additional amount of water for water users is allocated in accordance with the decision of the relevant water councils.
A refusal to allocate a water intake quota for drinking water supply is not allowed.
A water user may sell a part of their water intake quota to another water user in the same hydrographic zone on the basis of an agreement, in agreement with the water supply organization serving them.