 | After obtaining the water rights certificate, water resources cannot be used permanently. All water rights have a certain number of years. Article 33 of the Implementation Rules of the Water Conservancy Law stipulates a statutory upper limit for the validity period of water rights. The longest period for domestic and public water use is ten years, and the other is five years. It is said that there is no “ten thousand years water right” or “life-time water right”. There is no one-time and permanent way to obtain water resources legally and permanently. You can only apply to the competent authority for the extension of the water right 30 days before the end of the approved period. Registration to extend the validity period of water rights. If the water rights expire and do not apply for extension registration, the competent authority will cancel the water rights according to their powers. At this time, if the original water rights holders still need to use water, they should reapply according to the procedures for obtaining water rights registration instead of applying for extension registration. According to the first paragraph of Article 71 of the Enforcement Rules of the Water Conservancy Law, the competent authority shall deal with new water rights cases for those who apply for extension registration after the deadline; even if the date of their application for extension registration is the expiration of the water rights period Before that, it should also be handled as a new water rights case. |
