During the opening of the ordinary sessions of the Legislature, one of the most notable announcements by Governor Alfredo Cornejo was the creation of a Water Code. What the Government will seek with this and what the main points of the legislation will be were some of the topics explained by the General Superintendent of Irrigation, Sergio Marinelliin dialogue with the program “you have to know“, hosted by Gabriel Conte, Evangelina Argello and Hernn Bitar, which airs Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Radio Jornada 91.9.
The “governor of water“He referred to the need to organize the different legislations. “The need to codify does not come from now, it comes from the beginning of the 20th century. “There have been more than 100 attempts, but never an attempt with political force,” he said.
Marinelli said the code provides a punishment for the superintendent who does not update the water plan.
“Today in the world if there is no planning in matters of water “It’s criminal,” he said. Marinelli-. We are surprised by a deep drought or floods and very strong impacts are generated that have socioeconomic damage that is irreparable in many cases. The best thing is to plan.
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“He Water Code What it does is incorporate the water principles that are in the Constitution. You cannot touch a property that has an irrigation right, whether definitive or contingent. No law, no matter how code it is, is going to change that, there are people who are afraid that their right will be taken away and given to someone else, that cannot happen, it is a constitutional principle,” explained the head of Irrigation.
Another point that the Water Code It is the obligation for the figure of the superintendent to update the planning. “It forces us to think of a plan. Each superintendent will do it in due course as atmospheric and hydrological knowledge improves or more technology appears that allows us to be more precise in everything we do. There has to be a direction and that is a direction that we want. leave, there is even a punishment planned for the superintendent who does not plan or update the plan, with the possibility of being dismissed if he does not do so,” Marinelli explained.
The project is being evaluated by specialists. Marinelli He said that in two weeks the first draft will be ready, which they will make available on a platform so that “any citizen can read it, give their opinion, criticize and make contributions.” Then, be sent to the Legislature.
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The head of Irrigation sought to clear up the doubts of environmentalists regarding the mining company. “There is not a single paragraph that gives you any right or preeminence other than what you have today with the current legislation,” he assured. “There is nothing that gives the mining company any advantage compared to what exists today. It has been decided to establish a mining district south of Malarge, in a basin of the Grande River, where we Mendoza people do not use a drop of water.”
