This Act ensures that use and protection of water bodies are subject to a planning following a comprehensive assessment of the grounds. Included in these requirements is the coordination of the existing water supply, a planned expansion and operation of an adequate and satisfactory quality water supply and quality of drinking water.
It consists of 14 Chapters: Purpose and goals (1); General provisions (2); Planning (3); Water collection and water reclamation plant (4); Other extraction and drainage of water (5); Change and losing the right to water extraction (6); Expropriation and building contracts (7); Services (8); Relationship between public water and consumers (9); Supervision (10); Supervision (11); Environmental damage (11A); Notice of drilling location (11B); Decisions on water supply matters (12); Appeals (13); Penalties and entry into force (14).