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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.

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