The present Act lays down provisions relating to the management of water resources. It comprises various sections dealing with the management of surface waters, marine waters, and measures for flood prevention. Section 2 addresses common use, ownership, and riparian rights, management objectives for surface waters, classification of artificial bodies of water, minimum flow rates, continuity of surface waters, and water power utilization. It also establishes deadlines for achieving management objectives, deviations from management objectives, and exceptions to the goals. Furthermore, adverse effects of flooding on protected assets, flood prevention measures, and reducing the probability of flooding are discussed in Section 73 paragraph 1 sentence 2. The text consists of 108 Articles divided into 6 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Management of water (2); Special water resources provisions (3); Compensation (4); Survey of waters (5); Penalties and transitional provisions (6). Two Annexes are enclosed.
The present Act lays down provisions relating to the management of water resources. The Act shall apply to the following bodies of water: water permanently or temporarily flowing or standing in beds or flowing quickly from springs (surface waters); the sea between the shore line at mean high tide for the seaward limitation of surface waters and the seaward limitation of the sea at the coast (coastal waters); and the groundwater. The text consists of 106 articles divided into 6 Parts as follows:
The present Act is consolidated as at Law of 9 January 2026 (BGBl. 2026 I Nr. 4). The first edition of the Act is of 1957.
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Water Resources Management Act.
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Germany
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