Law No. 11.612 creating the State Policy on Water Resources and the Water Management System. Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Bahia Document type Legislation Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Basic legislation Freshwater pollution Freshwater resources management Policy/planning Water rights Groundwater Sustainable development Institution Pollution control Indigenous peoples Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Law, consisting of 7 Titles, divided into 88 articles, creates the State Policy on Water Resources and the Water Management System. This Policy aims at the following principles: all have the right to access to water, to social promotion and to development; in scarcity the priority use of water resources is for human consumption and secondly for animals; water resources management must be decentralized, with the participation of local communities; hydrographical basin is the territorial unit defined for water resources planning and management, etc. Full text Portuguese Website www.inema.ba.gov.br References - Legislation Amended by Law No. 12.377 amending Law No. 10.431 and Law No. 11.612 on Biodiversity Protection and Water Resources. Legislation | Brazil | 2011 Keyword: Environmental planning, Protection of habitats, Ecosystem preservation, Biodiversity, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Pollution control, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Policy/planning, Freshwater resources management, Sustainable use, Agricultural development, Management/conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law No. 12.035 amending Law No. 11.612 establishing the State Policy on Water Resources and the Water Management System. Legislation | Brazil | 2010 Keyword: Classification/declassification, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Waterworks Source: FAO, FAOLEX