Presidential Decree No. 1067, s. 1976 | Official Gazette of the Republic o... https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1976/12/31/presidential-decree-no-10... b. That the proposed easement is the most convenient and the least onerous to the servient estate. Easements relating to the appropriation and use of waters may be modiaed by agreement of the contracting parties provided the same is not contrary to law or prejudicial to third persons. ARTICLE 26. Where water shortage is recurrent, the use of the water pursuant to a permit may, in the interest of equitable distribution of beneats among legal appropriators, be reduced after due notice and hearing. ARTICLE 27. Water users shall bear the diminution of any water supply due to natural causes or force majeure. ARTICLE 28. Water permits shall continue to be valid as long as water is beneacially used; however, it may be suspended on the grounds of non-compliance with approved plans and speciacations or schedules of water distribution; use of water for a purpose other than that for which it was granted; non-payment of water charges; wastage; failure to keep records of water diversion, when required; and violation of any term or condition of any permit or of rules and regulations promulgated by the Council. Temporary permits may be issued for the appropriation and use of water for short periods under special circumstances. ARTICLE 29. Water permits may be revoked after due notice and hearing on grounds of non-use; gross violation of the conditions imposed in the permit; unauthorized sale of water; willful failure or refusal to comply with rules and regulations or any lawful order; pollution, public nuisance or acts detrimental to public health and safety; when the appropriator is found to be disqualiaed under the law to exploit and develop natural resources of the Philippines; when, in the case of irrigation, the land is converted to non-agricultural purposes; and other similar grounds. ARTICLE 30. All water permits are subject to modiacation or cancellation by the Council, after due notice and hearing, in favor of a project of greater beneacial use or for multi-purpose development, and a water permittee who suffers thereby shall be duly compensated by the entity or person in whose favor the cancellation was made. ARTICLE 31. Preference in the development of water resources shall consider security of the State, multiple use, beneacial effects, adverse effects and costs of development. ARTICLE 32. The utilization of subterranean or ground water shall be coordinated with that of surface waters such as rivers, streams, springs and lakes, so that a superior right in one is not adversely affected by an CHAPTER IV Utilization of Waters 7 of 21 31.05.21, 19:45