The Subject and System of Water Use Legislation

Abstract

The Principles of Water Use Legislation of the USSR and Union Republics — ratified by the Second Session, Eighth Convocation of the USSR Supreme Soviet — is a document of great significance to the government and the economy. Its adoption marks a new step on the road to further improving Soviet legislation, strengthening legality and the legal order in the use and conservation of water, that is, in an area of relations that broadly affects virtually all areas of the national economy, the development of cities, and improvement in the people's living conditions. In keeping with the Principles, in the near future, work will commence on the regularization of all-union water use legislation concerning the legal regulation of these relations, and water use codes will also be promulgated by union republics.