Decree No. 63.262 approving the new Regulation on the Granting of Rights for Water Resources Use. Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision São Paulo Document type Regulation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Policy/planning Pollution control Freshwater pollution Potable water Precautionary principle Water conservation zone Water quality standards Water supply Water users' associations Special fund Water rights Sustainable use Offences/penalties Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Abstract This Decree approves the new Regulation of Articles 9 to 13 of Law No. 7.663, establishing the guidelines for the State Policy on Water Resources and the Integrated Water Resources Management System. Annex establishes the new Regulation of the Granting on Rights for Water Resources Use. The Department of Water and Electric Energy - DAEE may allow through the grant of water resource use the following activities: execution of works or services that alter the regime, quantity and quality of surface or underground water resources; execution of works for extraction of groundwater; diversion of superficial or underground water from its course or deposit; discharge of effluents into the bodies of water. The application for obtaining a grant shall comply with specific provisions of the DAEE Ordinance. The uses in water resources, for implementation of new projects, will be subject to prior approval of DAEE feasibility, as provided by the granting authority. Full text Portuguese Website www.al.sp.gov.br References - Legislation Implements Law No. 7.663 introducing guidelines for São Paulo Water Resources Policy. Legislation | Brazil | 1991 Keyword: Policy/planning, Pollution control, Potable water, Precautionary principle, Water conservation zone, Water quality standards, Water supply, Water users' associations, Special fund, Water rights, Sustainable use, Offences/penalties, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX