751.1 GNG

CH-SG

Art. 2 Gesetz über die Gewässernutzung (GNG) - Öffentliche Gewässer

I. Allgemeine Bestimmungen

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Art. 2 GNG · Öffentliche Gewässer

1. Öffentliche Gewässer sind

1. die Seen, Flüsse und Bäche,

2.* die Grundwasserströme und Grundwasserbecken mit einer mittleren Ergiebigkeit von mehr als 300 Litern pro Minute,

3.* die Quellen von der mittleren Ergiebigkeit eines Baches oder Flusses, d. h. von mehr als 600 Litern pro Minute.

2. Die zuständige Stelle des Staates entscheidet, ob ein ober- oder unterirdisches Gewässer im Sinn von Abs. 1 dieser Bestimmung vorliegt.

← Art. 1 GNG Gesetz über die Gewässernutzung (GNG) - Staatliche Hoheit Art. 3 GNG →

Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (8)

B.2020.98 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 1 Ingress und Ziff. 1 GNG)

Water Body Determination Appeal: Procedural Flaw and Substantive Affirmation

Cited in the reasoning regarding the classification of the watercourse under water use law, leading to the finding that it qualifies as a public water body.

B.2020.98 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 2 GNG in Verbindung mit Art. 18 Abs. 1 VVGNG)

Water Body Determination Appeal: Procedural Flaw and Substantive Affirmation

Cited to confirm the lower authority's jurisdiction to determine the existence of a public water body under water use law.

B.2020.98 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 1 Ingress und Ziff. 1 GNG)

Appeal on Public Water Status Upheld Due to Procedural Violations and Jurisdictional Error

Although the court decided on this point in the merits (E. 6.2), it was not the main ground for overturning the decision, which was based on procedural violations (E. 3.2).

B.2019.95 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 1 Ziff. 1 GNG)

Municipality Appeal Regarding Classification of Culverted Watercourses as Public and Surface Waters

Cited in the dispositive to confirm that the watercourses are public waters under this provision.

B.2019.95 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 1 Ziff. 1 GNG)

Municipality v. Classification of Artificial Watercourse as Public Water Body

This provision was used to confirm that the X.__ village streams qualify as public waters under this article.

B.2016.119 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 1 Ziff. 1 und 3 GNG)

Watercourse Expansion Project Appeal Regarding Alternative Flood Control Measures

These provisions define public watercourses, which is relevant to the discussion on whether the X.__-bächlein qualifies as a public watercourse.

B.2008.13 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 1 Ziff. 1 GNG (sGS 751.1))

Appeal Dismissed: Vacation Home Expansion Violates Stream Setback and Accessory Building Rules

Used implicitly in the reasoning leading to the conclusion that the T-Bach is a public watercourse subject to the setback requirement of Art. 59 Abs. 1 BauG.

B.2008.13 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 1 Ziff. 1 GNG)

Municipal Demolition Order Upheld for Unlawful Terrace and Outbuilding Near Watercourse

This provision defining public waters was implicitly used in the finding that the T.-Bach is a public watercourse, which is a prerequisite for applying the setback requirement.