This Law, composed of 33 articles divided into six Chapters, creates the National Water and Basic Sanitation Agency (ANA). ANA is a federal body in charge for the implementation of the National Policy for Water Resources. The Law empowers ANA to establish rules on the National Management System of Water Resources, as part of the National Water Resources Management System (Singreh), aimed at its implementation, its administrative structure and resources. In particular, ANA is responsible for establishing reference standards for the regulation of public services in basic sanitation, its administrative structure and its sources of resources. The related National Water Resources Council aims to promote the articulation of national, regional, state and user sector planning prepared by the entities that make up the National Water Resources Management System and formulate the National Water Resources Policy, pursuant to Law No. 9.433 of 8 January 1997. ANA is linked to the Ministry of Regional Development, part of the Singreh, in order to implement the National Water Resources Policy and to institute reference norms for the regulation of public basic sanitation services. ANA's activities will comply with the objectives of the National Water Resources Policy and will be developed in conjunction with bodies of the National Water Resources Management System, in charge of: supervise activities pertaining to water resources; regulate the instruments of the National Water Resources Policy; authorize the right to use water resources; monitor the use of water resources in bodies of water under the Union's domain; prepare technical studies; support initiatives aimed at the creation of Hydrographic Basin Committees; implement charging for the use of water resources; collect, distribute and apply revenues earned through the charge for the use of water resources; promote actions aimed at preventing or minimizing the effects of droughts and floods; promote the preparation of studies to support the application of financial resources for the regularization of water courses and control of water pollution; supervise the operating conditions of reservoirs, aiming to guarantee the multiple use of water resources; manage the National Information System on Water Resources, etc.
巴西 · 2000-07-17