UPRAVLJANJE VODAMA U FEDERACIJI BiH STANJE I CILJEVI DO 2022. g. (Izvod iz Strategije upravljanja vodama FBiH).

Waters are declared the public good in the Federation of BiH. As such, they are under protection of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federation of BiH, counties/cantons and local government units (towns/cities and municipalities). These are surface inland waters and groundwaters, which also include coastal sea waters and transitional waters. Drafting of the Water Management Strategy is planned by the Law on Waters of the Federation of BiH ("Official Gazette of FBiH", No. 70/06) and it is the basic long-term planning document for the water sector in the BiH Federation that defines water management policy. The content of the Water Management Strategy is also defined by the Law on Waters, with the following essential items: assessment of the situation in the field of water management, objectives and directions of water protection, protection from damaging effects of waters, priorities for achieving water management objectives, assessment of necessary funds for implementation of the program and deadlines for achieving water management objectives, necessary actions for achieving obligations from international agreements relating to water management. The future legal, institutional and economic framework of operation of the water management sector in the BiH Federation, as well as the framework of operation for use of waters, protection of waters and protection from damaging effects of waters are determined by defining the objectives and measures for achieving them. In accordance with the Law on Waters, the Water Management Strategy is part of the Environmental Protection Strategy. The methodology of preparation of the Water Management Strategy assumed that its goals and measures are compatible and in a harmonious relation with objectives of the Environmental Protection Strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]