Article​​​​​​​ 75. Obligations of water users

Water users must:

manage and use the water resources granted to them rationally, not allow water to be used for unintended purposes, and take measures to save water and restore and improve its quality;

comply with the established water intake limits and water use rules;

use water objects for the established purposes;

in special water use, formalize a permit for special water use;

conclude a water use agreement and submit an application for water intake in a timely manner;

take measures to completely stop the discharge of waters containing pollutants into water objects;

not allow the violation of the rights and legitimate interests of other water users, as well as damage to water management objects and natural resources (lands, flora and fauna, mineral resources, etc.);

equip water intake points with water management and accounting facilities, maintain the water management objects and structures belonging to them in a technically sound condition, and comply with the established rules for their use;

equip the places of discharge of sewage into water objects and onto the terrain with means for automatic monitoring;

keep records of the volume of water taken and the volume of sewage discharged into water objects and onto the terrain, and provide the necessary information to the authorized bodies that issued the permit for special water use, as well as to the water supply organizations;

pay fees for the use of water resources, as well as for the services of water supply organizations and other water management services provided on a contractual basis, in a timely manner, and also pay compensation fees for the discharge of pollutants into water objects and onto the terrain;

take measures for water saving and the introduction of digital technologies;

take measures to prevent and eliminate the pollution, contamination, and depletion of waters, and to eliminate the harmful effects of water on water objects, as well as to prevent the pollution of areas where surface and underground waters accumulate;

comply with the established regime for the maintenance of water protection zones, coastal areas, and sanitary protection zones of water objects;

allow representatives of the bodies that carry out state control over water use and conservation to enter their water management objects in the prescribed manner and provide them with the necessary information;