NEWS - March 2011
Water Law - By Law Brought to Light

The Decentralized Water Resources Management (DWRM) - Component 4 of the water program was taking the lead to bring the water law - by law to light.

The representative of the DWRM on behalf of NWRA has chaired the bylaw preparation committee that represented all relevant water and irrigation authorities. After the final draft of the bylaw was prepared a legal lawyer was contracted to review the bylaw document in 2008. After that, on October 2008 a workshop included all the concerned stakeholders were held for final discussions on this document.

The Cabinet decree has conditioned application of the bylaw to some administrative and financial comments that required further follow up with the relevant bodies. In coordination with component-1 (Consolidation of Sector Reform in Urban Water Supply and Sanitation), the Cabinet has final approved the bylaw on February 26, 2011. Translating the document in to English is ongoing.

Download Water Law - By Law, Arabic, PDF 1,2 MB

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