National Water Plan 2009-2015

This National Water Plan outlines the policy the State will implement in the period from 2009 to 2015 in order to achieve sustainable water management. This plan focuses on protecting against flooding and providing sufficient clean water as well as on various types of water use. The plan includes the measures that will be taken in respect of the above. The National Water Plan is the follow-up to the Fourth National Policy Memorandum on Water Management of 1998 and replaces all previous water management policy memoranda and was drawn up based on the water Act that went into force on 22 Dec. 2009. Based on the Spatial Planning Act, the National Water Plan has the status of a structural vision in terms of spatial planning aspects.