Chile - Aqualex ProfilesFramework Law
The main law applicable to water resources management, which covers all of the following areas: administration; management, conservation and use of freshwater resources; water rights; waterworks; water supply
Date of original text: 13 August 1981 (2014)
Constitutional provisions
Date of text: 11 September 1980
Right to water: No provisions regarding the right to water.
Natural resources: Section 93 stipulates that the rights of individuals over waters, recognized or constituted in conformity with the law, will grant to their entitled [persons] property over them. (For water rights please see title 6.3 Paragraph 3).
Agriculture
Water used for irrigation, forestry and aquaculture
Date of text: 13 August 1981
Date of text: 25 November 2009
Date of original text: 04 September 1975 (1999)
Water Supply and Sanitation
Provision of water services by public utilities or commercial organizations; water supply for domestic, industrial or other purposes; right to safe and clean drinking water and basic sanitation; quality of piped water; sewerage
Date of original text: 30 December 1988 (2014)
Date of original text: 18 December 1975 (2018)
Governance
The political, social, economic and administrative systems that govern water management and conservation; good practices; good governance; decentralization; water user’s associations
Date of original text: 04 September 1975 (1999)
Date of original text: 28 September 1993 (1998)
Infrastructure
Waterworks; water supply systems; dams; hydropower systems; irrigation systems
Date of text: 13 August 1981
Date of text: 12 December 1984
Water Resources Management and Water Rights
Ownership and control of water resources; abstraction and diversion of water; allocation and quotas; riparian rights; priority of rights; free water use
Date of text: 05 April 1960
Water and Environment
Water in environmentally-sensitive areas; ‘water demand’ by ecosystems; protection forests; water conservation zones; environmental impact assessment
Date of text: 22 October 1985
Water Quality and Pollution Control
Control of pollution and quality of freshwater bodies and groundwater; agricultural point and non-point sources of pollution; water quality standards
Date of text: 24 October 1997
Date of text: 01 February 2018
Groundwater
Freshwater resources located below the surface of the earth; aquifers; groundwater abstraction; well-sinking; boreholes; hydrogeology
Date of text: 03 April 2006
Disaster Resilience
Water-related hazards; flood; drought; water shortage; adaptation to climate change; early warning system/emergency intervention system
Transboundary Waters
Transboundary effects; international basin institutions; international agreements; transboundary coordination; transboundary aquifers
Date of text: 02 August 1991