Mexico City's Water Supply Improving the Outlook for Sustainability (1995) / Chapter Skim
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7 Institutional Issues
7 Institutional Issues
Pages 71-77
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In this regard, the committee has benefited from direct communication with responsible authorities and material provided to it by the National Water Commission, the Ministry of Health, the National Supreme Court, the Ministry of Environmental and Urban Development, the Department of the Federal Distnct, and the Federal District Water Commission.
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Each of the represented states has a state regional director; however, these state regional directors, while not unimportant, exercise less power because of the tremendous financial and institutional power of the Federal District under a special law allocating water in the Federal District. In the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, the key institutions are the Federal District, the National Water Commission—because of the substantial number of wells in the area and the transbasin diversions into the basin and the State of Mexico.
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Institutional arrangements for water allocation in the states of Hidalgo, Puebla, and Tlaxcala outside of the MCMA are similar to that of the State of Mexico. A New Water Strategy for the Federal District The Federal District Privatization Decree, issued in July 1992, creates a new Water Commission for the Federal District or Concision de Aguas del Distrito Federal with the goal of improving the management of the public allocation of potable water, drainage' and treatment and reuse of residual waters.
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As the privatization initiative for the delivery of water within the Federal District moves forward, the National Water Commission, the Mexico City Water Commission, the Federal District, and the new private companies managing the distribution of water will need to coordinate and cooperate. It is at the national level that permits and water in bulk to the local distributors are allocated.
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Regional Water Planning Councils A further significant change brought about in the new national water law is a provision for the creation of regional watershed councils to help define the overall supply of water and provide local input into the management of ground and surface water. The councils are designed to work with the National Water Commission and state water commissions to set priorities for water use, to promote conservation, and represent the various user groups in the region.
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Because of the dominance of these federal institutions, local or state health agencies have little responsibility over water quality within the Mexico City Metropolitan Area. Unfortunately, these federal agencies have overlapping jurisdiction and inconsistent regulations, which have made it difficult to develop comprehensive water regulations as mandated in the 1988 General Law of Ecological Balance.
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Another major change for water quality improvements is a new tax on both the use of the water resource and its disposal. While it is called a tax, it is intended to work like a permit fee to generate revenues to support protection of water resources.
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