The water entity and water fund as legal concepts

The author elucidates the key terms of water law, namely, a water entity and water fund, in the context of different relations. The author reveals the interrelation of these terms with the term of immovable property, and water management system, considers these terms through the prism of state observation, registration and zoning of the water fund. Water public facilities have not escaped the author's attention. The following methods of scientific research are applied: historical, comparative analysis and extrapolation. The experience of the countries of the EU (the Netherlands) and Japan is presented. The Water Fund of Russia is notjust the foundation of water management, but also the permanent basis of the economy The reduction of the quality and the quantity of water resources will inevitably destructively affect the life of the Russian society The article has ramified internal structure expressed in subheadings. The author defines the problem. The author subjects to criticism the provisions of the soviet and then Russian legislation. The emphasis is placed on the Water Codes of 1995 and 2006. The classification of water objects significant for the legal science is also of primary importance for the author. Under Article 5 of the Water Code of the RF water objects have a complicated gradation depending on peculiarities of the mode of use, physical and geographical, morphometric peculiarities. For the purposes of this paper it is necessary to divide water objects into surface and underground water objects. In accordance with Article 5 of the Water Code of the Russian Federation "a surface water object" involves not only water masses but also land covered by them within the waterline. In this case we deal with compulsory features of surface water objects, namely, coupling of water and land. With this regard the author interprets a complex issue concerning whether surface water objects contain immovable property The paper examines the importance of monitoring and registration of water objects in a special water management system register, considers the issues of hydrographic zoning and water system documentation. The author draws the reader's attention to an important peculiarity of Russia: a lot of water objects are not involved or have very little involvement into the water system administration. For example, a lot of Siberian Rivers are not involved of the water management system of Russia and form the reserve of water resources development. Meanwhile, not having any legitimate users (registered in the water registry) these water objects are often subjected to the negative influence caused by incidental users.

water entities, water fund, immovable property, state water register, water monitoring, water legal relationships, contracts of water consumption, schemes of integrated use and protection of water entities, pools, subpools, forecasts of social and economic development, Water strategy of Russia

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