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Ecuador
Main Water Issues
According to the US Army Corps of Engineers, the water supply situation in Ecuador presents very serious problems. Although the state possesses abundant natural resources, the distribution of both water supply and population are very uneven, with 97% of the population country living in regions that together contain only 20% of the total water supply. Furthermore, the country suffers from both desertification in the south and soil erosion and deforestation in the highland areas; these growing problems, coupled with increasing population, could compound Ecuador’s water supply situation in the future. Much of the nation’s groundwater resources remain unexploited and could be used to mitigate this supply shortage. Legal and institutional issues in Ecuador include the division of water resource management responsibilities across several different agencies and a debate about the role of the private sector in water resource management.
This information gathered from a national report created by the US Army Corps of Engineers, which can be found here: http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/en/wra/Ecuador/Ecuador%20WRA%20English.pdf
Water Legislation
Ley N° 369 Created: 1972 Description: This law regulates the use of marine, superficial, subterranean and rain waters at the national level.
Ley Reformatoria a la Ley de Aguas Ley N° 2004-31 Created: 2004
Other Important Environmental Legislation
Texto Unificado de la Legislación Ambiental Secundaria http://www.ambiente.gov.ec/AMBIENTE/legislacion/unificado.htm Decreto Presidencial N° 3516 Created: 2003
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