Water board

Water associations are organizations that are active in the field of water management. Your organization and tasks may vary from state to state.

Austria

The Austrian Water Act (WRG 1959, from § 87) provides that water boards may be established if the measures of water cooperatives span multiple communities. As members of a water cooperative, a local authority (eg town, city, state ), or for the maintenance of public roads Obligated come into question.

A water board may voluntarily will be established with accession coercion or by decision of the Governor (forced association ). When forced Association have some restrictions on the possible areas of activity to be fulfilled (there must be measures for flood protection, water supply, sewage disposal, as well as its waters supervision or contribution payments, in each case must be given to it in the public interest, see § 88b, WRG, 1959).

The water boards are not profit oriented and allow for the participation of members in the General Assembly. There is also the possibility that unite water boards and water cooperatives while maintaining its legal personality to umbrella organizations. Water associations play a vital part in the organization of the regional Water Management of Austria. They allow the combination of the interested parties to resolve water management tasks in large, regional units under control of the competent authorities.

Germany

For Germany, see also: Water -purpose association

Association members are mainly within its territory for the respective owners of land and facilities that each leaseholder and the owner of the mine property ( in rem Association members), the purpose of the association have a benefit as participants. The founding of the association can be done either on a voluntary basis or of its own motion, if it is necessary in the public interest. Individual countries have partially (eg Lower Saxony) adopt so-called implementing legislation for Water Association Act. At a water board all be summarized at the water management stakeholders and those affected by it on the basis of public law.

Netherlands and Belgium

In addition to the Dutch under the Ministry of Transport and Water central water authority Rijkswaterstaat exist in the Netherlands 27 regional Deich-/Polderausschüsse called Waterschap or hoogheemraadschap (in engl. Usually transmitted as water boards ). Hoogheemraadschap the Committee will be called when its administrative area includes the coast. They are among the oldest institutions in the Netherlands. In Flemish Belgium are comparable institutions in the polders and wateringen.