Preparation of a water body passport
A water body passport is an essential document when a pond or reservoir is leased out. It brings together all the key information about the water body: location, water surface area, volume and depths, hydrological characteristics, and hydraulic structures and their condition.
We prepare passports in accordance with the current regulations. The institute’s specialists visit the site, take depth soundings, inspect the dam, spillway and outlet, and calculate areas and volumes at different water levels. The figures in the passport are based on measurements, not on outdated reference documents.
The completed passport becomes part of the lease documentation and will be useful later on — when planning fish farming, water use for irrigation or repairs to hydraulic structures.
What the work includes
- Collection and review of existing information on the water body
- On-site survey of the water body
- Depth soundings and topographic surveys
- Morphometric characteristics: water surface area, volume, depths
- Hydrological characteristics of the water body
- Description and condition assessment of hydraulic structures
- Site plans and diagrams
- Preparation of the passport in line with the current regulations
- Advice on leasing the water body
Work stages
Stage 1. Request and documents
You tell us where the water body is located and send us the available documents. We define the scope of work and prepare a proposal.
Stage 2. Survey and soundings
We visit the site, measure depths, survey the banks and structures and record their condition.
Stage 3. Calculations
We calculate areas and volumes and determine the hydrological characteristics and the normal retention level.
Stage 4. Preparation and handover
We draw up the passport in the prescribed form, hand it over to you and explain how to use it in the leasing procedure.
Who it’s for
- Current and prospective leaseholders of ponds and reservoirs
- Fish farms and farming enterprises
- Hromadas (territorial communities) with water bodies on their land
- Agricultural companies with their own irrigation ponds