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PROBLEMS OF MODERN LEGISLATION IN THE SPHERE OF UNDERGROUND WATERS EXTRACTION MANAGEMENT

E. I. Golovina, V. S. Khloponina

Saint Petersburg Mining University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Water is an essential component of environment, it is a renewable, limited and vulnerable natural resource that ensures economic, social, and environmental well-being of the population. Russia has more than 20 % of the world’s fresh water reserves, which makes it one of the richest countries in the world in this respect. In the future, Russia will play a special role in solving problems of rational water use not only in its territory, but also in the international arena. The purpose of the study is to identify problems and improve legislative framework in the field of state management of underground waters extraction for household water use by amending laws and regulations governing the licensing of geological exploration and underground waters extraction, as well as the system of tax regulation of underground water extraction. The peculiarity of underground waters as an object of legal regulation is that underground waters are an integral component of subsoils, soils, waters, swamps and other elements of nature. Underground waters are sources of domestic water supply, they possess balneological, energy properties, contain valuable chemicals. This article presents the latest legislative changes in the field of underground water extraction regulation, reveals negative consequences, gives recommendations for improving the system of state management of underground water extraction in Russia.

Keywords: underground waters, RF law “On subsoils”, license, subsoil use regulation, low debit intake, underground water extraction.

DOI 10.20403/2078-0575-2020-1-106-114