Legal Aspects

This article is directed at providing some recommendations for improvement of water supply for the population of Azerbaijan in emergency situations. This is possible through application of advanced water management methods and water use technologies based on the experience of leading countries in the world. In order to support implementation of a national program on improvement of the water sector, an action plan was developed. This plan reflects problems existing in water provision to the population and was approved by the government of the Azerbaijan Republic. Parallel with that, comprehensive environmental legal and normative acts have been adopted during the period of independence. Although they reflect the important economic and political changes, there are many difficulties with their implementation, connected mainly with absence of adequate water management policy, resources, and technology. Therefore, this article indicates that there is need for support of donor countries and international financial institutions for rehabilitation of water supply and wastewater treatment system of different settlements of the country.