Legal tools for the protection of clean water

8 Instruments of the protection of water quality (Summary) The purpose of my thesis is to examine the actual problem of water pollution and to analyse certain legal instruments that are set in order to protect water quality. The thesis is composed of three chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects of the protection of water quality. Besides chapters, the thesis includes an introduction and a conclusion. The introductory part of the thesis gives a simple reason for choosing the topic from the point of the necessity of the water protection. Chapter One refers to the subject, reasons and aims of the protection. The chapter is divides into three parts. The importance of waters for the whole world and its population is described in part One. Part Two deals with water as the subject of the protection and focuses more on the quality of surface and ground waters. Part Three mentions goals to achieve the required water quality which are defined in the State Environmental Policy of the Czech Republic for 2004 - 2010 and in the Framework Directive on Water Management. Chapter Two also examines relevant Czech, European and international legislation in the area of the water protection. The chapter consists of four parts. Part One provides a brief description of the development of Czech water law. Part Two..