They did it to listen to the General Superintendent of Irrigation of Mendoza, Sergio Marinelli, who, together with the provincial authorities of the party (the president of the party at the provincial level, Andrés Lombardi, and the head of the Radical Youth, Florencia Lima) were in charge of presenting a complex issue due to its comprehensiveness and the implication it will have on the future water management in Mendoza.
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Andrés Lombardi, president of the UCR Mendoza and Florencia Lima, head of the Radical Youth, led the meeting.
Photo: Radical Committee
A fundamental project for the development of the province
The person who presented the topic was the president of Mendoza radicalism, who assured that “the province’s Water Plan and the Water Code are a product that the DGI has been developing for some time.”
According to Lombardi, this training has to do with the fact that the Water Code is one of the fundamental issues for the development of the province that the Executive has proposed to sanction.
It’s about a process of codification of the legal regime of wateran old desire that seeks to materialize taking into account that water security is the main policy of the State of Mendoza.
What is the purpose of Mendoza having a Water Code?
The main purpose of the initiative will be to consolidate the institutionality of water and legal security for present and future generations. In this way, the Executive seeks to condense in a single text and based on the principles of water policy consolidated in the provincial Constitution, the more than 120 current rules and regulations that regulate water in the province.
According to Marinelli explained. On different occasions, the codification process involves a challenge of articulation of different sectors framed in a participation scheme with information stages and consultation workshops. These workshops will be aimed at experts and different central actors for the water sector and the development of our province.
“Water management must consider climate change and extend towards 2050,” said Marinelli in the Provincial Committee.
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Marinelli explains the scope of the new Water Code to the radicals gathered at the party headquarters.
The six axes of the Water Code
The General Superintendent of Irrigation detailed the 6 axes that must be taken into account:
- Offer
- Water availability
- Demand
- Economic and financial aspects
- Water governance
- Water education and culture
Given this, Marinelli pointed out that “it is necessary to know and manage the supply and availability of water efficiently and adapted to the needs of each user and crop.”
Taking these concepts into account, the official stated that it is a strategic process to think about the future of Mendoza “from the management of water resources that is based on three pillars: a water plan, a unified water code and preparation for the climate change to be resilient.” In addition, he mentioned that to the above we must add the need to make investments to ensure good management of water resources in the long term.
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A water plan for the entire province
In this sense, Marinelli explained that is working on a water plan for the province, based on the current situation of the water resources, supply and demand projections, prospective water balances, economic studies and proposed measures to guarantee the availability of water in the future. “The study of other countries, such as Israel, has been taken as a reference to develop the plan’s methodology,” he commented.
For this, Marinelli He stated that the goal of the plan is guarantee quantity of water for users in a predictable manner, sustainable and sustainable, plan work with the public service efficiently, and consider climate change for the long term. Given these precepts, Marinelli stated that “Mendoza is advancing in terms of irrigation in all aspects, with unique legislation in Latin America based on constitutional ethical principles.”
“The aim is to improve water management to give availability guarantees for allincluding communities in desert areas and work will be done to conserve rainwater and improve the efficiency of use of the resource,” he said and added: “We seek to establish uniform standards, unique criteria at the government level for water management and even a policy that defends provincial water resources,” he explained.
In another section of his presentation, Marinelli stated that they are working on a broad call process to modify the Water Code in Mendoza, with the participation of different actors involved in water governance. “Changes have been made to more than 120 articles and greater participation is expected before publishing the text,” he said.
