Article 5. Public relations in the field of protection and use of water resources Water Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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1. The water legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan regulates public relations in the field of protection and use of the water fund and the water resources contained therein, operation, development and safety of water management and hydraulic structures (hereinafter referred to as water relations).

2. Public relations in terms of lands, forests, flora and fauna, atmospheric air, water bodies of specially protected natural territories, economic activities on the shores of surface water bodies located on the sites of the state forest fund, ensuring environmental and sanitary-epidemiological safety, drinking water supply and sanitation, state geological survey and exploration of groundwater, protection of groundwater from pollution and depletion, prevention and liquidation of emergency situations of a natural and man-made nature on water bodies, navigation, as well as other relations arising from the protection and use of the water fund, are regulated by the relevant branches of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and this Code.

3. Public relations related to the protection and use of transboundary water bodies are regulated by this Code and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 9, 2025 № 178-VIII LRK

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