(2) Veeuuring käesoleva seaduse tähenduses on vee, vee-elustiku, veekogu põhjasette, pinnase ja reoveesette ning naftasaaduste ja muude saastavate ainete proovi võtmine ja analüüsimine veeseisundi hindamise, saastatuse kindlakstegemise, veeloa taotluse ja selle lisade kontrollimise, veeloa omaja üle tehtava kontrollseire, keskkonnatasu arvutamise ning veeloaga nõutava omaseire eesmärgil., (2) For the purposes of this Act, water investigation means taking a sample from water, aquatic biota, bottom sediment of a water body, soil and sewage sludge and oil products and other pollutants and analysis of the sample for the purpose of assessing the water status, identifying contamination and checking an application for a water permit and appendices thereto for the purpose of exercising control monitoring over a holder of a water permit, calculating environmental charges and self-monitoring required under a water permit., defineeritakse selle seaduse ulatuses, defined within the scope of this Act