Commentaries: Art. 36

For water withdrawals serving installations using water power, the inventory shall include (Art. 82 para. 1 WPA) as a minimum:
1. a description of the water withdrawal and restitution (names, co-ordinates, height above sea level and, where appropriate, names of power stations and dams);
2. the beginning and duration of the right of use granted, its extent, in particular the amount of water extractable in m³/s as well as the name of the person entitled to extract (the user);
3. the removable amount of water in m³/s;
4. the residual flow maintained previously with details of the location or the water endowment flow in l/s;
5. other obligations to transfer water imposed on the user;
6. the participation of the user in maintaining and correcting the waters;
7. further conditions or installations in the interests of waters protection and fisheries;
8. the Q347 flow rate, the flow regime of the watercourse upstream of the water withdrawal point and the amount withdrawn every month in m³/s, expressed as the average over several years, to the extent that this data is available at the time the inventory is drawn up;
9. whether the water is withdrawn from a watercourse flowing through landscapes or habitats which are listed in the national or cantonal inventories.
For withdrawals using fixed non-hydropower equipment which may be authorised under Article 30 letter a WPA, the inventory shall as a minimum state the purpose of the withdrawal and the information in paragraph 1, letters a, b, d, h, and i.
For withdrawals using fixed non-hydropower equipment which may be authorised under Article 30 letters b or c WPA, the inventory shall state the information in paragraph 1 letters a and b.