The Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting on Tuesday established unified rules for the functioning of the Register of artesian wells to ensure open access to information about them and minimize corruption risks, government representative in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk said in Telegram.
The corresponding changes will be made to the Cabinet of Ministers’ resolution N963 “On approval of the Procedure for state registration of artesian wells, equipping them with means of measuring the volume of extracted groundwater”.
It is noted that the document defines the powers of the Cabinet of Ministers to develop the procedure for maintaining the state register of artesian wells, periodicity of submission and/or updating of data of the State Register of artesian wells, as well as legally fixes the concept of “artesian well”.
At the same time, according to the unified procedure of data submission to the State Register of artesian wells defined by the document, all information about them is entered through the electronic cabinet of the subsoil user, which is accessed on the State Geological Web Portal.
“The government continues its consistent policy in the direction of digitalization of the subsoil use sphere. With this decision, we create transparent access of the public and business to artesian well data and minimize corruption risks. The water user will be able to enter data about the well through the E-cabinet of the subsoil user without contact and intervention of an official,” emphasized the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ruslan Strelets, who is quoted by the press service of the agency in its message in Telegram.
The Ministry of Natural Resources notes that the proposed changes will make it possible to promptly respond to wartime challenges, will help in overcoming the consequences of the Russian terrorist attack on the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant and will make it possible to quickly provide the population with drinking water.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the procedure for keeping the State Register of Artesian Wells, which will become part of the unified state electronic geo-information system of subsoil use that is currently being created in Ukraine.
The relevant decision was made at a government meeting on Friday.
“The big reform of subsoil use continues. To complete its regulatory support in Ukraine there are only a few legal acts left to be adopted. Among them is the order of keeping the register of artesian wells,” the department quoted Minister of Ecology Ruslan Strelts in Telegram.
The procedure for maintaining the State Register of artesian wells defines the procedure for its functioning and presentation of data, as well as introduces an accounting of artesian wells.
According to the information of the Ministry of Ecology, conversion of the State Register into the electronic format will improve transparency in the sphere of geological study and rational use of mineral resources, control and prevent decrease of the quality indicators of underground waters and open public and business access to the data on artesian wells and minimize corruption risks.
The register will be accessible through the State Geological Web Portal, in particular through the electronic cabinet of the subsoil user.
The development of the procedure for maintaining the State Register was carried out within the framework of the law № 2805-IX, which launched the reform of the subsoil use sector.
