Decree-Law No. 33/2020 creating the irrigation Company "Água de Rega (ADR), S.A.". Country/Territory Cabo Verde Document type Legislation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Water Keyword Institution Irrigation Agricultural development Freshwater resources management Water abstraction Water desalination Water supply Waterworks Well sinking/boreholes Geographical area Africa, Atlantic Ocean Islands, North Atlantic, Sahel, Small Island Developing States, Western Africa Entry into force notes This Decree-Law enters into force on the day after its publication. Abstract This Decree-Law creates and approves the Statute of the irrigation Company "Água de Rega (AdR), S.A.". The Statute, consisting of 23 articles divided into four Chapters, establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Public Limited Company, with exclusively public capital, whose corporate purpose is the management, construction and operation of irrigation water systems, under Law No. 104/VIII/2016 of 6 January, which establishes the Principles and Rules of the Public Business Sector. The purpose of AdR is to provide management and exploitation services for irrigation water systems, as well as the design and construction of the infrastructures and equipment necessary for their full implementation, granted under a public service and exclusivity regime, including production, distribution, management and exploitation of treated groundwater, surface and wastewater for irrigation, by means of a license issued by the competent authority, namely: a) Captation holes; b) Springs; c) Dams; d) Public wastewater treatment stations under sub-concession, management contracts or service provision; e) Public water desalination units to meet the needs of irrigated agriculture. Full text Portuguese Website www.legis-palop.org