Waters Protection Ordinance
(WPO)

¹ The can­tons shall de­vise the prin­ciples re­quired to plan the re­hab­il­it­a­tion of wa­ter­courses. The prin­ciples shall in­clude in­form­a­tion on the fol­low­ing in par­tic­u­lar:

a.

the eco­mor­pho­lo­gic­al con­di­tion of the wa­ters;

b.

the in­stall­a­tions in the space provided for wa­ters;

c.

the eco­lo­gic­al po­ten­tial and the ag­ri­cul­tur­al im­port­ance of the wa­ters.

² They shall set out in a plan for a peri­od of 20 years the stretches of wa­ter to be re­hab­il­it­ated, the form of the re­hab­il­it­a­tion meas­ures and the dead­lines by which the meas­ures must be im­ple­men­ted, and shall co­ordin­ate the plan with the neigh­bour­ing can­tons to the ex­tent that this is re­quired. Re­hab­il­it­a­tion pro­jects shall primar­ily be planned where their be­ne­fits:

a.

are sub­stan­tial for nature and the land­scape;

b.

are sub­stan­tial com­pared with the prob­able cost;

c.

may be in­creased through co­ordin­a­tion with oth­er meas­ures to pro­tect nat­ur­al hab­it­ats or to pre­vent flood­ing.

³ They shall ad­opt the plans un­der para­graph 2 for wa­ter­courses by 31 Decem­ber 2014 and for stand­ing wa­ters by 31 Decem­ber 2022. They shall sub­mit the plans to the FOEN one year be­fore their ad­op­tion so that the FOEN may com­ment there­on.⁵⁹

⁴ They shall re­new the plans un­der para­graph 2 every 12 years for a peri­od of 20 years and shall sub­mit these plans to the FOEN one year be­fore their ad­op­tion so that the FOEN may com­ment there­on.