This Decree regulates Complementary Law No. 255 of 25 January 2002, creating the State Water Resources Policy, regulating the Water Resources Management System and creating the State Water Resources Fund. The State Water Resources Policy will follow the following principles, among others: I - water is a public domain asset; II - water is a limited natural resource with economic value; III - the management of water resources must always provide for the multiple use of water; IV - the river basin, with its respective sub-basins, is the territorial unit adopted for the purposes of this policy; V - in situations of scarcity, the priority use of water resources is human consumption and the desiccation of animals; and VI - the management of water resources must be decentralized and include the participation of public authorities, users and communities. public authorities, users and communities. The basic objectives of the State Water Resources Policy are to promote the rational use and integrated management and multiple use of the State's surface and underground waters, and it will comply with the following guidelines: ensuring the necessary availability of quality water; rational and integrated use of water resources; decentralizing water management; carry out research, technology development, training, etc.; integrate water management with environmental sector in the control of water pollution, requiring the treatment of industrial and urban sewage and other effluents; guarantee the protection of water bodies, springs and areas of influence; maintain and recover riparian forests and the protection of water bodies, and developing permanent programmes for the preservation and protection of these areas; prevent, control and combat the effects of floods, droughts, soil erosion and the silting up of bodies of water; and allow the development of economic activities in a way that is compatible with the multiple and environmentally sustainable use of water resources.
Brésil · 2002-09-20