President Ilham Aliyev signed a Decree on improving management in the fields of water resources, water management and land reclamation.

APA reports that according to the Decree, the State Water Resources Agency of Azerbaijan was established on the basis of the State Water Resources Agency of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

"Azersu" Open Joint-Stock Company and Azerbaijan Melioration and Water Management Open Joint-Stock Company together with their properties were placed under the control of the Agency.

It has been determined that the Agency provides the organization of activities in the field of extraction, processing, transportation and supply of water in the Republic of Azerbaijan, the operation of state-owned reclamation and irrigation systems, drinking water supply, rain and waste water processing and discharge systems, as well as the provision of services in this field. the central executive power that organizes, regularly monitors the technical condition of water management facilities in the balance sheet, monitors surface and underground water resources, water and water management facilities, hydrotechnical facilities, water supply systems in the Republic of Azerbaijan, and implements unified state policy and regulation in these areas is an organ.

4. The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan:

4.1.

within five months:

4.1.1.

drafts of the agency's charter and structure, as well as proposals on the number of employees, should be prepared and submitted to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan with the involvement of an international consulting company;

4.1.2.

submit proposals to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan regarding the improvement of normative legal acts related to the establishment of the Agency;

4.2.

within a month:

4.2.1.

Ensure that the state property on the balance sheet of the Water Resources State Agency of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan is transferred to the balance sheet of the Agency;

4.2.2.

take measures to ensure the financing of the works provided for in subsection 4.1.1 of this Decree, as well as to solve the material and technical support issues of the Agency and inform the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

4.3.

resolve other issues arising from this Decree.

5. Institutions mentioned in part 2 of this Decree shall continue their activities until the agency's charter and structure are approved.