Water – Renewable and Protected Natural Resource
Water – Renewable and Protected Natural Resource

Author(s): Slave Camelia, Man Carmen Mihaela
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Summary/Abstract: Water is a “renewable, vulnerable and limited natural resource, an indispensable element for life and society, raw material for productive activities, energy source and transport, decisive in maintaining the ecological balance.” But is water, really, an inexhaustible and permanently renewable element? This is the question that can only be answered by implementing all methods, levers, domestic and international efforts aimed at protecting water and maintaining its natural and permanent circuit in nature. As water is a natural resource with great economic value in all its forms of use, conservation, reuse and saving of water are imperative objectives, which are to be achieved through the development of environmental awareness, the application of economic stimulus and the application of sanctions to those which violate legal rules on water protection. The protection of water quality at the national and international level involves a vast and complex activity of cooperation and collaboration based on domestic legislation and international treaties and conventions to which Romania is a party. The planet’s waters are a unitary whole, but their legal protection regimes vary depending on the category of waters that are protected. As a result of the diversity of legal regimes for water protection, the need for international cooperation has been imposed in order to prevent and combat water pollution, its judicious administration and management. The main normative acts include objectives and rules such as conservation, development and protection of water resources, protection against any forms of pollution and modifcation of water characteristics, complex use of water as an economic resource, their rational and balanced distribution, conservation and protecttion of aquatic ecosystems, protection against floods and other dangerous hydrometeorological phenomena, meeting the water requirements of industry, agriculture, tourism, transport and any human activities.

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