Post by account_disabled on Mar 13, 2024 14:23:23 GMT 5.5
Involved in services related to the water resource cycle with the aim of being able to provide any service related to the urban water cycle in the same optimal conditions for all Extremaduran citizens. Law 1/2023 is characterized by the promotion of public management of those services related to water resources in order to guarantee greater control, transparency and public participation adequate to achieve a sustainable development model. As instruments of cooperative and sustainable water management, those established in state, regional or local hydrographic planning stand out, as well as the agreements concluded between public administrations (eg hydrological data exchange systems between different organizations, partial assumption of the cost of the works by the Administration, etc.). Likewise, Law 1/2023 provides that the Government Council of the Autonomous Community of Extremadura will define and determine the territorial scope of the supramunicipal management systems 2 which, in turn, will constitute the scope of action of the Junta de Extremadura. for the execution of urban water cycle infrastructure. The management and implementation of these systems may fall to both supra-municipal water entities and provincial councils.
These so-called “supramunicipal water entities”, characterized by being public entities with their own legal personality and an associative basis (eg consortia, associations or similar) are responsible for, among others, proposing programs or developing works projects in terms of planning and coordination. water. Without prejudice to the fact that public participation must CZ Leads always be guaranteed 3 , the water services assumed by these entities may be provided under both direct and indirect forms of management (for example, in Badajoz and Cáceres, water management is materialized through the concession system to a private company). In particular, it should be noted that with the entry into force of this Law, a period of one year (ie until March 2024) is granted so that those local Administrations or supra-municipal entities that manage services related to the urban water cycle can adapt the regulations. or regulatory ordinances that have already approved the requirements of Law 1/2023. This example from Extremadura is just one more – and the most recent – of the regional legislative result resulting from the demands of the Water Framework Directive which, as has been advanced, plays a crucial role in the regulation and management of water.
Now we just have to wait for the intended results to be visible, especially in pending matters in our territory such as the management of water leaks in Spain 4 or promoting a greater role for environmentally friendly desalination plants through investment in technology and digitization systems 5 . This shows that, even though notable progress has been made at the legislative level, the Sector continues to offer challenges with room for improvement. References 1 In accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 2 Mandatory (i) when there are shared infrastructures and it is necessary for technical, economic or environmental reasons and this is established by reasoned resolution of the competent Ministry; and (ii) when a local entity has water collection rights that serve to supply more than two municipalities. 3 To this end, the Extremaduran law requires the existence of a participation body where non-profit entities with general interest purposes (eg citizen or neighborhood, environmental, consumer, etc.) are represented in a majority. . 4 The National Institute of Statistics (INE) estimated in 2020 that this loss is 651.8 cubic hectometers per year (651,826,000,000 liters). 5 It is known that desalination plants not only involve high energy consumption, but also stand out for the volume of waste they produce and which has an impact on marine fauna and flora.