Cabo Verde - 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 text: 19 October 2015
Constitutional provisions
Date of text: 03 May 2010
Right to water: No provisions regarding the right to water.
Natural resources: Article 91: "The following property shall be in the public domain: interior waters, archipelago waters, and the territorial sea, its beds and floor; airspace over the national territory; the continental shelf" (Art. 90).
Agriculture
Water used for irrigation, forestry and aquaculture
Date of text: 23 March 2020
Date of text: 02 March 2020
Date of text: 24 November 2010
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 text: 23 March 2020
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 text: 23 March 2020
Infrastructure
Waterworks; water supply systems; dams; hydropower systems; irrigation systems
Date of text: 23 March 2020
Date of text: 02 March 2020
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: 23 March 2020
Date of text: 30 December 1999
Water and Environment
Water in environmentally-sensitive areas; ‘water demand’ by ecosystems; protection forests; water conservation zones; environmental impact assessment
Date of text: 15 December 2017
Date of text: 10 February 2014
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: 30 December 1999
Groundwater
Freshwater resources located below the surface of the earth; aquifers; groundwater abstraction; well-sinking; boreholes; hydrogeology
Date of text: 23 March 2020
Date of text: 02 March 2020
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: 11 July 2003
Policies
Date of text: 20 October 2018
Date of text: 04 October 2010