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Ley de Aguas.

Country/Territory
Venezuela, Boliv. Rep. of
Document type
Legislation
Date
2006
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Gaceta Oficial Nº 38.595, 2 de enero de 2007.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Framework law Freshwater resources management Institution Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Water abstraction Water conservation zone Water rights Water shortage/drought Water supply Waterworks Groundwater Right to water Surface water Water quality standards Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Zoning Water users' associations Environmental audit Recycling/reuse Transboundary effects Policy/planning Contract/agreement Concession Offences/penalties Environmental standards Basin/catchment/watershed Pollution control Hazards Indigenous peoples Human rights Inland waters Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America
Abstract

La presente Ley de Aguas tiene por objeto establecer las disposiciones que rigen la gestión integral de las aguas, como elemento indispensable para la vida, el bienestar humano y el desarrollo sustentable del país, y es de carácter estratégico e interés de Estado.

Full text
Spanish
Website
minaguas.gob.ve

References - Legislation

Amends

Ley forestal, de suelos y de aguas.

Legislation | Venezuela, Boliv. Rep. of | 1965

Keyword: Environmental planning, Protected area, Land-use planning, Soil pollution/quality, Policy/planning, Framework law, Timber extraction/logging, Land clearing, Forest fires, Afforestation/reforestation, Institution, Forest management/forest conservation, Agro-forestry, Offences/penalties, Transport/storage, Pastoralism, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil rehabilitation, Water conservation zone, Basin/catchment/watershed, Water abstraction, Effluent waste water/discharge, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Freshwater resources management, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Resolución Nº 16 - Normas sobre el Registro Nacional de Usuarios y Usuarias de las Fuentes de las Aguas.

Legislation | Venezuela, Boliv. Rep. of | 2010

Keyword: Institution, Registration, Water users' associations

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decreto Nº 3.367 - Reglamento de la Ley de Aguas.

Legislation | Venezuela, Boliv. Rep. of | 2018

Keyword: Freshwater resources management, Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Water abstraction, Water conservation zone, Water rights, Water shortage/drought, Water supply, Waterworks, Groundwater, Right to water, Surface water, Water quality standards, Freshwater pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Zoning, Water users' associations, Environmental audit, Recycling/reuse, Transboundary effects, Policy/planning, Contract/agreement, Concession, Offences/penalties, Environmental standards, Basin/catchment/watershed, Pollution control, Indigenous peoples, Human rights, Inland waters, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX