Problems of legal provision of ecological safety of special water use in the Republic of Kazakhstan

The article discusses the problems of legal provision of environmental safety in the field of special nature management in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The features of legal means of ensuring environ-mental safety in the implementation of special water use are analyzed, their problems are identified and the main directions of their elimination are determined. It is noted that criteria of environmental safety of special water use should be recognized as modern, scientifically based quantitative and qualitative indicators (standards) and, over time, the best available technologies developed for such activities.