Technical Reports Parts C,D - ICPDR

Technical Reports – Part C: Water Quality 51
Powers of the State Committee of Geology and Utilization of Mineral Resources of Ukraine in the
area of management and control of water resources use, protection, and restoration include:
conducting the state monitoring of ground waters;
carrying out the state geological control on investigation and other activities regarding
geological study of ground waters;
State Water Monitoring
State water monitoring is conducted with purposes of providing collecting, processing, storage and
analysis of information about the state of waters, predicting its changes, and development of
scientifically substantiated recommendations for making managerial decisions concerning water
resources use, protection, and restoration.
State monitoring is a part of the national system of environmental monitoring of Ukraine and is
conducted according to the procedure determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
Environmental Impact Assessment Survey
State, public and other environmental impact assessment surveys are conducted according to
established procedure, with the aim of providing ecological safety when placing, designing, and
building new and/or reconstructing existing enterprises, buildings and other facilities, related to
usage of waters.