The Committee on Environmental Policy, Use of Natural Resources and Chornobyl Aftermath Mitigation recommends that the Parliament should recommit the bill to amend several legislative acts of Ukraine regarding ensuring water supply and sanitation facilities in the city of Uman and Uman region for refinement
09 October 2012, 14:42
The bill (Reg. No. 11076) suggests specifying the notion of drinkable water, and the system of standards in this sphere, as well as obligations of water supply enterprisers, and ways of settling problems pertaining to water supply sphere, etc in order to improve legislative regulation of water supply. The laws “On "On Drinking Water and Drinking Water Supply", “On National Target Program “Drinking Water of Ukraine” for 2011-2020”, “On the peculiarities of transfer to the lease or concession of central heating, water supply and sanitation facilities of communal property” and "On Public Private Partnership" are to be amended.
It was mentioned that in the explanatory note to the bill it was stressed that it is developed to resolve the problem of water supply and sanitation facilities in the city of Uman and Uman region.
It was also stressed that the bill suggests including Uman city and Uman region to the top priority areas for construction and reconstruction of water supply and sewage treatment plants. However, appendixes to the Program “Drinking Water of Ukraine” for 2011-2020 in the part of Program financing and the number of constructed and reconstructed water supply and sewage treatment plants are not to be amended.
People’s deputies did not agree on the definition of the term “hot water” in the Law “On Drinking Water and Drinking Water Supply", since the latter is not drinking. Relations in the sphere of hot water supply are, first of all, regulated by the laws "On Housing and Communal Services" and “On State Regulation of Utility Services”.