FAOLEX Database

Cabo Verde - Aqualex Profiles

Framework 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
Legislative Decree No. 3/2015 approving the Water and Sanitation Code (CAS).
Date of text: 19 October 2015

Constitutional provisions

Constitutional Law of the Republic of Cape Verde.
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
Resolution No. 66/2010 approving the National Plan of Action for Integrated Management of Water Resources (PAGIRE).
Date of text: 24 November 2010
Resolution No. 49/2018 approving the Strategic Plan of the National Agricultural Research System (PE-SNIA) - 2017-2024.
Date of text: 14 June 2018

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
Decree-Law No. 5/2013 amending Decree-Law No. 75/99 on the legal regime of licence and concession for water resources use.
Date of text: 29 January 2012
Decree-Law No. 8/2004 ruling on water quality and classification.
Date of text: 23 February 2004
Decree-Law No. 75/99 establishing the legal regime of license and concession for water resources use.
Date of text: 30 December 1999

Governance

The political, social, economic and administrative systems that govern water management and conservation; good practices; good governance; decentralization; water user’s associations
Decree-Law No. 131/92 of 23 November 1992 delegating powers from the National Water Council (CNAG: "Conselho Nacional das Aguas") to the National Institute of Water Resources Management (INGRH "Instituto Nacional de Gestão dos Recursos Hídricos").
Date of text: 23 November 1992
Act No. 1/75 of 5 July 1975 creating the Ministry of Agriculture and Water.
Date of text: 05 July 1975
Decree No. 7/2017 approving the Statutes of the Water and Sanitation Fund (FASA).
Date of text: 15 December 2017

Infrastructure

Waterworks; water supply systems; dams; hydropower systems; irrigation systems
Decree No. 165/87 regulating waterworks use, construction and management.
Date of text: 31 December 1987
Decree-Law No. 29/2006 regulating Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
Date of text: 06 March 2006
Decree-Law No. 7/2013 transforming the National Institute of Rural Engineering and Forests (INERF) in a National Society of Rural Engineering and Forests (SONERF, E.P.E.).
Date of text: 11 February 2013

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
Decree-Law No. 75/99 establishing the legal regime of license and concession for water resources use.
Date of text: 30 December 1999
Resolution No. 19/2010 approving the sub-concession contract for the establishment and exploitation of transport and distribution of electric energy and water, as well as water disposal treatment for its re-use.
Date of original text: 16 April 2010 (2011)
Deliberation No. 2/2002 on potable water sales tariff homologation in Fogo and Brava Islands.
Date of text: 22 April 2002

Water and Environment

Water in environmentally-sensitive areas; ‘water demand’ by ecosystems; protection forests; water conservation zones; environmental impact assessment
Decree-Law No. 8/2004 ruling on water quality and classification.
Date of text: 23 February 2004
Decree No. 7/2017 approving the Statutes of the Water and Sanitation Fund (FASA).
Date of text: 15 December 2017
Order No. 11/2014 transferring the competencies of waste water system to the Municipality of Sal.
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
Decree-Law No. 7/2004 ruling on waste water discharges.
Date of text: 23 February 2004
Decree-Law No. 75/99 establishing the legal regime of license and concession for water resources use.
Date of text: 30 December 1999
National Strategic Plan for Water and Sanitation (PLENAS).
Date of text: 20 February 2015

Groundwater

Freshwater resources located below the surface of the earth; aquifers; groundwater abstraction; well-sinking; boreholes; hydrogeology
Deliberation No. 1/2002 ruling on National Water Council (CNAG).
Date of text: 22 April 2002
Decree No. 165/87 regulating waterworks use, construction and management.
Date of text: 31 December 1987

Disaster Resilience

Water-related hazards; flood; drought; water shortage; adaptation to climate change; early warning system/emergency intervention system
Resolution No. 87/2014 creating the Steering Committee for the implementation of the project "Strengthening Capacity of Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change in the water sector in Cape Verde".
Date of text: 22 October 2014
Resolution No. 86/2014 creating the Technical Committee for the implementation of the project "Strengthening Capacity of Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change in the water sector in Cape Verde".
Date of text: 22 October 2014
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Austria represented by the federal minister of finance and the Government of the Republic of Cape Verde represented by the minister of finance on financial co-operation.
Date of text: 08 July 2010

Transboundary Waters

Transboundary effects; international basin institutions; international agreements; transboundary coordination; transboundary aquifers
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Revised version).
Date of text: 11 July 2003

Policies

Resolution No. 114/2018 approving the National Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (ENRRD).
Date of text: 20 October 2018
Resolution No. 60/2018 approving the Strategy for Agro-silvopastoral and Environmental Development in the Maio Island.
Date of text: 22 June 2018
Resolution No. 49/2018 approving the Strategic Plan of the National Agricultural Research System (PE-SNIA) - 2017-2024.
Date of text: 14 June 2018
Resolution No. 110/2017 approving the Emergency Programme for Mitigation of Drought and the Bad Agricultural Year 2017/2018 and creating the Technical Steering Team responsible for coordinating all emergency operations.
Date of text: 06 October 2017
Resolution No. 68/2015 approving the National Action Plan for Food and Nutrition Security (PANSAN 2014-2016).
Date of text: 27 July 2015
National Strategic Plan for Water and Sanitation (PLENAS).
Date of text: 20 February 2015
Intended Nationally Determined Contribution of Cape Verde (INDC).
Date of text: 18 January 2020
Resolution No. 52/2010 approving the National Water Sanitation Plan (PNSB).
Date of text: 04 October 2010
National Action Programme for the Adaptation on Climate Change.
Date of text: 01 December 2007

Main basins

No basins available