ASCE Standard 33-01 Comprehensive Transboundary International Water Quality Management Agreement

CONTENTS

PREAMBLE 1

ARTICLE 1. DECLARATION OF PURPOSES AND POLICIES 2

1.1 Purposes of Agreement 2

1.2 Joint Exercise of Sovereignty 2

1.3 Interrelationship of Water Resources 3

1.4 Severance or Material Breach 3

1.5 Good Faith Implementation 3

1.6 Coordination and Cooperation 4

ARTICLE 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS 5

2.1 General Obligations 5

2.1.1 Effective Date of Execution 5

2.1.2 Duration of Agreement 5

2.1.3 Amendments and Supplements 5

2.1.4 Withdrawal 5

2.1.5 Existing Agencies 6

2.1.6 No Precedence 6

2.2 Definitions 6

2.2.1 _Basin 6

2.2.2 Beneficial Use 6

2.2.3 Commission 7

2.2.4 Comprehensive Transboundary International Water Quality Management Plan 7

2.2.5 Consumptive Use 7

2.2.6 Cost 8

2.2.7 Drought Conditions 8

2.2.8 Equitable 8

2.2.9 Flood Conditions 8

2.2.10 Instream Use 9

2.2.11 Multilateral Body 9

2.2.12 Party or Parties 9

2.2.13 Project 9

2.2.14 Reasonable Use 9

2.2.15 Riparian Rights 10

2.2.16 Sustainable Water Use 10

2.2.17 Total Maximum Daily Load 10

2.2.18 Transboundary Waters 10

2.2.19 Wasting 11

2.2.20 Waters of the_Basin 11

ARTICLE 3. ADMINISTRATION 12

3.1 Administrative Authority 12

3.1.1 Commission Created 12

3.1.2 Jurisdiction of the Commission 12

3.1.3 Commissioners 12

3.1.4 Commission Administration 13

3.2 Powers and Duties 13

3.2.1 General Powers and Duties 13

3.2.2 Powers and Duties Reserved to the Commission 14

3.2.3 Obligations of the Commission 15

3.2.4 Regulations and Enforcement 16

COMPREHENSIVE TRANSBOUNDARY INTERNATIONAL WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

3.2.5 Prohibited Activities 16

3.2.6 Referral and Review 16

3.2.7 Advisory Committees 17

3.2.8 Reports 17

3.2.9 Condemnation Proceedings 17

3.2.10 Meetings, Hearings, and Records 18

3.3 Intergovernmental Relations 18

3.3.1 Intergovernmental Coordination and Cooperation 18

3.3.2 Project Costs and Evaluation Standards 19

3.3.3 Projects of the Signatory Parties and Their Subdivisions 19

3.3.4 Cooperative Services 20

ARTICLE 4. TRANSBOUNDARY WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT 21

4.1 Comprehensive Transboundary International Water Quality Management Plan 21

4.2 Purpose and Objectives 21

4.3 Conditions of Comprehensive Plan 22

4.4 Water Allocation 23

4.5 Withdrawals and Diversions 24

4.6 Water Quality 25

ARTICLE 5. FINANCING 27

5.1 Annual Current Expense and Capital Budgets 27

5.2 Capital Financing by Signatory Parties and Guarantees 27

5.3 Grants, Loans, or Payments 28

5.4 Rates and Charges 28

5.5 Borrowing Power 29

5.6 Credit Excluded 29

5.7 Indebtedness 29

5.8 Funding and Refunding 29

5.9 Remedies for Holders of Bonds 30

5.10 Annual Independent Audits 30

ARTICLE 6. DISPUTE RESOLUTION 32

6.1 Alternative Dispute Resolution 32

6.2 Negotiations and Consultations 32

6.3 Conciliation and Mediation 33

6.4 Binding Arbitration 33

6.5 Arbitral Panel 33

6.6 Penal Sanction 35

6.7 Tort Liability 35

ARTICLE 7. EFFECTUATION 36

ARTICLE 8. REFERENCES 37

8.1 Charters, Conventions, and Treaties 37

8.2 Learned Treatises 37

INDEX 41