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The Need for Comprehensive Regulation of Mineral Water Utilization in Ukraine
Nataliia Petretska
Department of Constitutional Law and Comparative Jurisprudence, Uzhhorod National University, Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
Email: nataliya.petretska@uzhnu.edu.ua | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5675-7059
(2024) 04 (02) Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 102-117 https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp040204
Received: 10 July 2024
Accepted: 15 August 2024
Reviewed: 30 July 2024
Published: 30 August 2024
Revised: 05 August 2024
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The topicality of this research emanates from the lack of comprehensive legal regulation in the field of water use and protection of water resources, including the territories where they are located. A significant part of the discussion centers around the lack of adequate legal protection for natural complexes, objects, and bodies of mineral and freshwaters, both within protected areas and beyond them. The presence of a territory with significant diversity in water types, including variations in object, chemical composition, temperature regime, and physical properties, creates unique opportunities for the development of recreation and the resort industry. This potential is now becoming the focus of a new discussion. At balneological resorts, natural mineral waters are used as the main therapeutic factor. They are recommended both for external use (baths, showers, pools) and for internal use (inhalations, drinking, rinsing and irrigation). The issue of maintaining compliance of the water quality with sanitary standards regarding consumption and other use of water for medical or recreational purposes is particularly acute. Each exploited deposit of a balneological resort, sanatorium and water bottling plant is subject to the sanitary protection. However, there is a significant risk that not all waterworks systems are officially protected. Thus, environmental control, monitoring and compliance with sanitary regimes, as well as fees for special water use, etc., go beyond the legal regulation. Ignoring environmental problems such as pollution, littering, and irrational use of natural resources is a major issue in modern Ukraine, further exacerbated by the military actions of the Russian Federation, which cause irreparable damage to the environment. Instability introduces new challenges, which is why the main purpose of this paper is to analytically address the need for comprehensive regulation of mineral water utilization in Ukraine. This study highlights that the social value of mineral waters is crucial for human health and the economic development of the State. However, the outstanding goal is to bring to the public the need to preserve unique natural factors that affect the quality of fresh and mineral waters.
Keywords: Natural mineral water; Water resources; Protected natural areas; Recreation; Comprehensive legal regulation
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Nataliia Petretska, ‘The Need for Comprehensive Regulation of Mineral Water Utilization in Ukraine’ (2024) 04 (02) Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 102-117, https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp040204
Petretska, N. (2024). The Need for Comprehensive Regulation of Mineral Water Utilization in Ukraine. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 04(02): 102-117. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp040204
Petretska, N. (2024). The Need for Comprehensive Regulation of Mineral Water Utilization in Ukraine. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 04(02), 102-117. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp040204
Petretska N. The Need for Comprehensive Regulation of Mineral Water Utilization in Ukraine. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 2024, 04 (02), 102-117. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp040204
Petretska, Nataliia. 2024. “The Need for Comprehensive Regulation of Mineral Water Utilization in Ukraine”. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 04 no. 02: 102-117. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp040204
Petretska, Nataliia. 2024. “The Need for Comprehensive Regulation of Mineral Water Utilization in Ukraine”. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 04 (02): 102-117. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp040204
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