On the Issue of the Geographical Information Systems as a Form of the State Water Registry Development (the Mzymta River model as a study case)

The article considers the issues of the state water registry formation, its current state analysis, composition of information and ways of its input. The results of the study make it possible to state that in its current form the state water registry does not correspond to the realities of the time. Analysis of private and official applications to the Federal Agency of Water Resources territorial bodies has demonstrated that the State Water Register in its current state cannot satisfy the most of the supplied inquiries. Among other problems, it is hardly possible to identify water bodies in terms of their location, this inevitably increases risks of these water bodies degradation. The article also provides recommendations for arranging the State Water Registry in the form of a map, combining the resources of automated information systems “State Water Registry” and “State Monitoring of Water Objects” and establishing a public service “Public Water Registry”. In addition, a new form of the state water register “1.9-gvr M – Water objects explored” has been developed; Using the example of the Mzymta River, a model of a new state water registry has been developed.