The statutory boundaries of the Yarqon River Authority are defined in the Yarqon River Authority Statute, 1988:  “The Yarqon River Authority area is defined as follows:

1. The Yarqon River channel and its banks up to a distance of 20 meters from the edge of the channel’s borderline on each side;
2. The area of the Yarqon springs as marked on the map by the blue line;
3. The Yarqon River’s tributary – Qana River (Nachal) – the section between the point where it converges with the Hadas Stream and the Yarqon River, marked on the map by the blue line.”