Zambia - Aqualex ProfilesFramework Law
The main law applicable to water resources management, which covers all of the following areas: administration; management, conservation and use of freshwater resources; water rights; waterworks; water supply
Constitutional provisions
Date of original text: 27 September 1991 (2016)
Natural resources: Article 112 of Chapter IX defining the directive principles of the state policy states that ‘the State shall promote sustenance, development and public awareness of the need to manage the land, air and water resources in a balanced and suitable manner for the present and future generation’(Art.112/ i). See also new article 255 inserted in 2016.
Agriculture
Water used for irrigation, forestry and aquaculture
Water Supply and Sanitation
Provision of water services by public utilities or commercial organizations; water supply for domestic, industrial or other purposes; right to safe and clean drinking water and basic sanitation; quality of piped water; sewerage
Date of text: 11 January 2017
Governance
The political, social, economic and administrative systems that govern water management and conservation; good practices; good governance; decentralization; water user’s associations
Date of text: 11 January 2017
Date of original text: 19 October 1971 (2021)
Infrastructure
Waterworks; water supply systems; dams; hydropower systems; irrigation systems
Water Resources Management and Water Rights
Ownership and control of water resources; abstraction and diversion of water; allocation and quotas; riparian rights; priority of rights; free water use
Date of text: 28 February 2018
Date of original text: 27 September 2021 (2021)
Date of original text: 27 September 1994 (2021)
Water and Environment
Water Quality and Pollution Control
Control of pollution and quality of freshwater bodies and groundwater; agricultural point and non-point sources of pollution; water quality standards
Date of original text: 20 February 1997 (2021)
Date of original text: 27 September 2021 (2021)
Groundwater
Freshwater resources located below the surface of the earth; aquifers; groundwater abstraction; well-sinking; boreholes; hydrogeology
Date of text: 07 March 2018
Date of text: 28 February 2018
Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourse Systems in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Date of text: 07 August 2000
Disaster Resilience
Water-related hazards; flood; drought; water shortage; adaptation to climate change; early warning system/emergency intervention system
Transboundary Waters
Transboundary effects; international basin institutions; international agreements; transboundary coordination; transboundary aquifers
Policies
Date of text: 27 September 2021
Date of text: 01 January 2015
Zambia’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the 2015 Agreement on climate change.
Date of text: 27 September 2021
Date of text: 01 April 2013