The San Francisco River Basin Committee discusses today (May 13, 2010), in Maceió (AL), the creation of an agency whose function is to manage the collection of water use in the basin. The issue will be addressed during the VIII Plenary Session of the Committee, today, and during the next meeting of the National Water Resources Council, scheduled for June 10. With this new entity, it will be possible, for example, to establish accords and agreements and start charging for the use of water in the San Francisco River.
According to the Secretary for Water Resources and Urban Environment at the Ministry of the Environment, Silvano Silvério, the proceeds generated by charging for water use will ensure the management of the waters of the San Francisco River and its revitalization. He explains that the values will differ for the collection, use and discharge of organic load in the water.
About R$ 20 million is expected to be collected per year. The funds will be fully applied to the recovery of the basin, on initiatives such as decontamination, reuse, protection and conservation, and in the use of clean technologies which spare the water resources.
The charge for the use of the federal water resources is prescribed in the National Policy on Water Resources and also in the National Water Resources Management System, and has been implemented in Brazil since 2006, when it was approved for the rivers of Rio Paraíba do Sul River Basin. In 2007, it was extended to the waters of the rivers Piracicaba, Capivari and Jundiaí.
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