CoR - Slovakia - Water Management

Central

The Ministry of Environment is responsible for:

preparing and coordinating the implementation of the RBMPs, PoMs and FRMPs,
managing River Basin Districts,
identifying water planning tasks,
enforcing regulations,
carrying out analyses of sub-basin characteristics and assessing the effects of human activities on surface water status and groundwater status,
creating and implementing monitoring programmes for surface waters, groundwater and protected areas,
ensuring public participation in the implementation of the Floods Directive and the WFD,
issuing permits and plans for water abstraction and water use,
monitoring and assessment of status of surface waters and groundwater,
monitoring wastewater discharges and their impacts on the recipient bodies (through the Slovak Environment Inspectorate),
overseeing water services (drinking water and waste water, including storm water),
coordinating international cooperation on the management of transboundary RBDs.

Other ministries include:

District offices of the state administration are responsible for:

giving consent and opinions in administrative proceedings and in matters concerning transboundary waters,
supervising water protection within the scope of their competence.

Regional

Self-governing regions do not have significant water management competencies.

Local

Municipalities:

grant permits for the abstraction of surface water and groundwater and their use to households and construction projects,
are responsible for drinking water supply, public sewers and waste water treatment (via municipally owned companies),
perform state water protection supervision within the scope of its competence and imposes measures to remedy the identified deficiencies,
regulate the use of small watercourses and other water bodies.

Responsible ministries/bodies

National

Local

Sources

Policies Area