ACT ON THE INVESTIGATION, PLANNING, AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to promoting public welfare and developing the national economy in a sustainable manner by providing for matters necessary to survey water resources; to formulate and implement water resource plans; and to efficiently manage water resources so as to ensure water resources are efficiently conserved, used, and developed and to mitigate and prevent water-related disasters.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Jan. 3, 2023>

1. The term "water resources" means water as resources that can be utilized to maintain human life, economic activities, and the natural environment;

2. The term "water cycle" means the continuous movement of water by which precipitated water becomes surface water or groundwater and flows into or is stored in rivers, lakes, marshes, or oceans, and then evaporates and falls back to earth;

3. The term "hydrological investigation" means scientifically observing, measuring, investing, and analyzing water levels, the quantity of flowing water (including the quantity of water intake and the quantity of water discharge), and sediment loads in rivers (referring to the rivers defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the River Act; hereinafter the same shall apply), lakes, and marshes, and the quantity of the precipitation, evapotranspiration, and moisture content of river basins; provided, this shall exclude any meteorological observation conducted pursuant to weather-related Acts, such as the Weather Observation Standardization Act;

3-2. The term "water resources satellite" means a satellite prescribed by Presidential Decree that is operated to conduct hydrological investigations, collect and distribute information on hydrological investigations, and perform other activities;

4. The term "water resources facility" means a facility installed to conserve, use, and develop water resources and to mitigate and prevent disasters, which includes:

a. A facility installed to preserve the functions of a river, improve its utility, and reduce the risk of flood damage, such as embankments, estuary dykes, flood control reservoirs, and floodways;

ACT ON THE INVESTIGATION, PLANNING, AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Responsibilities of the State) #

Article 4(Principles of managing water resources) #

Article 5(Relationship to other statutes) #

Article 6(Conducting river basin surveys) #

Article 7(Conducting surveys on state of flood damage and droughts) #

Article 8(Flood and water shortage forecasting) #

Article 9(Hydrological investigations) #

Article 10(Hydrological investigations of river facilities) #

Article 11(Standardization of and education on hydrological investigations) #

Article 12(Verification of hydrological investigation devices) #

Article 13(Installation of hydrological investigation facilities) #

Article 13-2(Establishment and operation of water resources satellite observation network) #

Article 14(Legal fiction of authorization or permission granted pursuant to other statutes) #

Article 15(Management log books of hydrological investigation facilities) #

Article 16(Optimizing hydrological investigation environment) #

Article 17(Long-term comprehensive water resource plans) #

Article 18(River basin water resource management plans) #

Article 19(Regional water resource management plans) #

Article 20(Flood control plans for specific river basins) #

Article 21(Measures to timely implement water resource plans) #

Article 22(Relationship to plans pursuant to other statutes or regulations) #

Article 23(Development and utilization of alternative and auxiliary water resources) #

Article 24(Reevaluation of water resource facilities) #

Article 25(Building and operating water resource information system) #

Article 26(Researches on and practical use of technologies for managing water resources) #

Article 27(International cooperation on water resources) #

Article 28(Training of human resources in field of water resources) #

Article 29(National Water Resources Management Committee) #

Article 30(Disqualification of, challenge to, and refrainment by, members of National Water Resources Management Committee) #

Article 31(Dismissal and removal of members) #

Article 32(Regional water resources management committees) #

Article 33(Entry into other persons’ land) #

Article 34(Expropriation and use of land, goods, or rights) #

Article 35(Indemnification) #

Article 36(Delegation or entrustment of indemnification affairs) #

Article 37(Delegation and entrustment of authority) #

Article 38(Deemed public officials for purposes of penalty provisions) #

Article 39(Penalty provisions) #

Article 40(Penalty provisions) #

Article 41(Joint penalty provisions) #

Article 42(Administrative fines) #