EMWIS NFP in Israel: Water Legislation online

Israel’s scarce water resources are regulated through a series of water laws that acknowledge public ownership of all water resources, deny private water rights and institute an administrative regime of water allocation based on permitted uses and priorities of use in case of scarcity.

EMWIS National Focal Point (NFP) in Israel, which is the Hydrological Service of Israel, has put online Israel’s water legislation through two main headings – Principles of Water Legislation and Water Institutions and Tools.

Laws abstracts were translated to English, while full texts are available only in Hebrew.

Contact information	Mr. Michael EYAL, EMWIS NFP Coordinator in Israel: Hydrological Service of Israel, 234 Jaffa St., P.O.B. 36118, Jerusalem 91360, Israel (email: MichaelE20@water.gov.il) Phone: +972-2-644 2507 ; Fax: +972 2 644 2529
News type	Inbrief
File link	http://www.emwis-il.org/EN/Water_legislation/index.htm
Source of information	EMWIS NFP in Israel: Hydrological Service of Israel, 234 Jaffa St., P.O.B. 36118, Jerusalem 91360, Israel
Keyword(s)	water legislation
Subject(s)	POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RIGHT
Relation	http://www.semide.org/countries/fol749974/country725681
Geographical coverage	Israel
News date	26/02/2008
Working language(s)	ENGLISH , HEBREW

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