Federal Act
on the Protection of Waters
(Waters Protection Act, WPA)

¹The can­tons shall de­term­ine pro­tec­tion zones for ground­wa­ter wells and re­charge in­stall­a­tions serving the pub­lic in­terest; they shall lay down any lim­it­a­tions on prop­erty rights which may be re­quired to this ef­fect.

²The per­sons re­spons­ible for ground­wa­ter wells must:

a.

carry out the sur­veys ne­ces­sary to es­tab­lish the bound­ar­ies of pro­tec­tion zones;

b.

ac­quire the ne­ces­sary rights in rem;

c.

bear the cost, where ap­plic­able, of com­pens­a­tion paid in re­spect of lim­it­a­tions on prop­erty rights.