General Assumptions. The Parties co-operate with the aim to provide ecologically sustainable management of the use of water resources of transboundary waters and their preservation in the interests of the population and sustainable development. To attain the above-mentioned goals, the Parties: co-operate in the development of norms, methods of assessment and classification of water quality; adopt measures necessary for prevention of, and diminishing to the agreed minimum, discharge of polluting substances into water bodies; provide use of modern technologies for sustainable use of water resources, effective sewage treatment plants and water saving production technologies; guarantee maintenance of hydrotechnological and water protection equipment in required technical condition on transboundary waters; desist from activities or inactivity that may cause deterioration of transboundary water bodies and their ecosystems hydrological and hydrochemical systems; carry out joint scientific studies about Lake Peipus ecosystems; carry out agreed environmental inspections.
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Sources: Cooperation Agreement, Cooperation Agreement, Cooperation Agreement