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Water Law

Water laws are regulated individually by sovereign states. Globally, there are no universal rules that water related service providers need to fulfill. This goes for both the water supply and sewerage service providers and bottled water producers.

However, for countries within the European Union, water-related European Union directives are important for water resource management and environmental and water quality standards. Key directives include the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 1992 (requiring most towns and cities to treat their wastewater to specified standards), and the Water Framework Directive 2000, which requires water resource plans based on river basins, including public participation based on Aarhus Convention principles.

In the United States there are complex legal systems for allocating water rights that vary by region.

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