Waters Protection Ordinance
(WPO)

1 The au­thor­it­ies shall file the ap­plic­a­tion for the ap­prov­al of a pro­tec­tion and util­isa­tion plan (Art. 32 let. c WPA) with the FOEN⁴³.

2 The ap­plic­a­tion shall con­tain:

a.

the pro­tec­tion and util­isa­tion plan de­cided on;

b.

the jus­ti­fic­a­tion why the meas­ures planned rep­res­ent suf­fi­cient com­pens­a­tion for a lower min­im­um re­sid­ual flow;

c.

in­form­a­tion on how the planned meas­ures should be made bind­ing on all con­cerned for the dur­a­tion of the li­cense.

3 Com­pens­at­ory meas­ures in the con­text of the pro­tec­tion and util­isa­tion plan are deemed ap­pro­pri­ate if they serve to pro­tect wa­ters or the hab­it­ats de­pend­ing on it. Meas­ures that would be ne­ces­sary in any case, ac­cord­ing to fed­er­al reg­u­la­tions on en­vir­on­ment­al pro­tec­tion, are not taken in­to con­sid­er­a­tion.