Law No. 12.984 creating the State Policy on Water Resources and the Integrated Water Management System. Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Pernambuco Document type Legislation Date 2005 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Basic legislation Freshwater pollution Freshwater resources management Policy/planning Water rights Sustainable development 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 4 Titles, divided into 71 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.200.238.107.64