Decree No. 46.192 creating the State Unit Management for the Fresh Water Programme. Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Minas Gerais Document type Regulation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Institution Water desalination Water supply Potable water Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Decree enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Decree, consisting of 9 articles, creates the State Unit Management for the Fresh Water Programme. It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned water institution, entitled to: guarantee the implementation of any activity related to this Programme (called PAD), prescribed within the 2nd National Pact, signed between the Ministry of Environment and the State of Minas Gerais; to define the general baselines of PAD and supervise related activities; to adopt as guiding principles the efficiency, optimization of water supply and the improvement of quality of water for human consumption; to support any actions to implement the PAD; and to propose the creation of a permanent structure to implement the water desalinisation systems, in particular through social mobilization and environmental sustainability. Full text Portuguese Website www.soleis.adv.br