Enforcement Rules for Water Act Article 29

The duration of water right specified in subparagraph 2 of Article 30, subparagraph 3 of Article 35 and subparagraph 4 of Article 38 of the Act are as follows:1. Domestic use and public use: Three to five years.2. Agricultural use: Three to five years.3. Hydro-power: Five to twenty years, shall not exceed the effective duration of the electricity enterprise license.4. Industrial use: Three to five years. However, water right registration according to paragraph 1, Article 15-3 of the Renewable Energy Development Act, the duration of water right is from five to twenty years, shall not exceed the effective duration of the lectricity enterprise license.5. Navigation: Three to five years.6. Others: Three to five years.For the above paragraphs that yield hot spring water, except for the proviso of paragraph 4, which considered hot spring water right, with a duration of two to three years.The duration of temporary right of use approved according to Article 44 of the Act shall not exceed two years each time. However, for domestic use and public use, shall not exceed three years each time.If the applicant applies for a water right duration shorter than the minimum duration specified in the preceding three paragraphs, the authority-in-charge may approve it according to the applied duration.
中文原文 水利法施行細則第29條
本法第三十條第二款、第三十五條第三款、第三十八條第四款所定之水權年限如下:
一、家用及公共給水:三年至五年。
二、農業用水:三年至五年。
三、水力用水:五年至二十年,且不得逾電業執照之有效期間。
四、工業用水:三年至五年。
但依再生能源發展條例第十五條之三第一項規定辦理水權登記者,其水權年限為五年至二十年,且不得逾電業執照之有效期間。
五、水運:三年至五年。
六、其他用途:三年至五年。
前項各款引用水源為溫泉水者,除第四款但書規定屬一般水權外,其餘為溫泉水權,年限為二年至三年。
本法第四十四條之臨時用水執照,其核准臨時使用權年限,每次不得逾二年。
但屬家用及公共給水者,每次不得逾三年。
申請人申請水權年限少於前三項所定水權最低年限者,主管機關得依其申請年限核准之。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.