ID:
policies-40
Name:
Water Resources Act (Act No. 82 of 2000)
Issuing organisation:
Norwegian Parliament
Geographical Scope:
Norway
Type:
Legistlation
Scientific domain:
physical states, chemistry, geology, and biology
Type of water:
surface and groundwater
Water management focus:
monitoring, forecasting, management, simulation,
Parameter change rate assumption:
Quality, flow, level, pressure
Description:
The main goal of the Water Resources Act is to ensure sustainable and environmentally sound management of water resources, including rivers, lakes, groundwater, and other parts of the water system. It seeks to balance ecological, economic, and social interests, and to preserve water resources for future generations.
Status:
Effective
Effect Date:
1 January 2001
Resource:
https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumenter/Acts-and-Regulations-/id106724/
Recommendations:
1) Promote sustainable and environmentally sound use, 2) Maintain natural flow conditons, 3) Prevent harm and precautionary principle, 4) Protect biodiversity and ecological integrity, 5) Encourage efficient and equitable water use, 6) Require licensing and impact assessment for major interventions, 7) Ensure public participation and transparency, 8) Polluter pays principle, 9) promote coordination across sectors and scales
