Swiss Civil Code

¹ If springs and wells that are in­dis­pens­able for the ex­ploit­a­tion or hab­it­a­tion of a par­cel of land or for the sup­ply of drink­ing wa­ter are cut off or con­tam­in­ated, those af­fected have the right to de­mand that the status quo ante be re­stored where at all pos­sible.

² In oth­er cases res­tor­a­tion of the status quo ante may be de­man­ded only where this is jus­ti­fied by spe­cial cir­cum­stances.