WATER PROTECTION



                                    JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.

                                    SOURCES OF LEGAL REGULATION



Act N. 254/2001 Coll., Water Act



-  legal nature of waters

-  use and protection of surface water bodies and ground waters as to their quality and quantity

-  establishment and protection of waterworks

-  protection against floods

                                    SOURCES OF LEGAL REGULATION

   Act N. 258/2000 Coll., Public Health Protection Act



- quality of drinking water

- quality of water in public pools

                                    SOURCES OF LEGAL REGULATION

Act N. 164/2001 Coll., Balneology Act



- sources of mineral water

- natural curing spas and balneotherapeutic places

                                    SOURCES OF LEGAL REGULATION

   Act N. 274/2001 Coll., Water Supply and Sewage Act



-           drinking water supply

-           sewage system

- indirect discharge – the one, which is not discharged  to the surface water body, but into waste
water treatment facility

                                    SOURCES OF LEGAL REGULATION





                                       AIM OF THE REGULATION

- to protect inland waters

- to regulate their use

- to maintain and improve the quality of surface and ground waters

- reduce unfavorable effects of floods and froughts

- to protect waterworks and to keep them safe



                                      DIFFERENT USE OF WATERS



Utilization of energetic potential of waters

Navigation

Consumption for different purposes

Waste water discharge

Fish and poultry production and others

                                       LEGAL NATURE OF WATERS

                                 DIFFERENT WAYS OF WATER POLLUTION



•           Waste water discharge

•           Hazardous substances management

•           Industrial and other accidents

                                          REGULATORY TOOLS



•            Administrative instruments

•            Setting of limitations and standards

•            Protected and protective areas

•            Bans and duties of persons

•            Water planning – river basin plans and program of measures

•            Monitoring, reporting and record-keeping

                                          REGULATORY TOOLS



•           Authorization

•           Economic tools

•           Sanctions

•           River basin administration

•           State administration

                                        STATE ADMINISTRATION

Ministry of the Environment  

              - state supervision

              - problems with water pollution

Ministry of Agriculture   

              - central water law authority

               - mainly quantity of the water

Ministry of Health, hygienists

Ministry of Transportation

Water law offices

Czech Environmental inspectorate