Law No. 12.984 creating the State Policy on Water Resources and the Integrated Water Management System. Pays/Territoire Brésil Sous-division territoriale Pernambuco Type du document Législation Date 2005 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Eau Mot clé Législation de base Pollution des eaux douces Gestion des resources en eau douce Politique/planification Droits d'utilisation de l'eau Développement durable Lutte contre la pollution Peuples autochtones Aire géographique Amazone, Amériques, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Atlantique Nord, Amérique du Sud, Atlantique Sud Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. Résumé 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. Texte intégral Portugais Site web www.200.238.107.64