Costa Rica Must
Create New
Water,
Sanitation Law,
Says CFIA
Director
Costa Rica's
Colegio Federado
de Ingenieros y
de Arquitectos (CFIA)
- national
college of
engineering and
architecture -
has recommended
that the
government
create a new
water and
sanitation law,
CFIA's executive
director, Olman
Vargas, told
BNamericas.
"The current law
that regulates
water resources
was created in
the 1930s and
can no longer
effectively
manage the
country's needs.
We consider it
vitally
important to
introduce new
legislation for
sustainable
water resource
management,
including water
distribution and
the protection
of groundwater,"
Vargas said.
Costa Rica's
legislature has
discussed new
water bills on
two occasions;
however, neither
was passed, as
the proposed
laws had very
different
approaches, said
Vargas, adding
that a consensus
will have to be
reached before a
new bill can be
created.
"We have offered
to support and
work with the
government so
the new water
and sanitation
bill can be
created within a
year," Vargas
said. "We aim
for the law to
be approved
during the
current
administration
[which ends in
May 2014]," he
added.
Once the bill
has been drawn
up, it must be
presented,
discussed and
approved by the
national
congress in
order to become
effective.
The creation of
a new water and
sanitation law
is included in
the new Pensar
2025 (Think
2025) national
infrastructure
plan, developed
by CFIA.
The plan
involves
studying Costa
Rica's current
situation in
eight different
areas of
infrastructure,
including water
and sanitation,
and recommending
actions to be
taken over the
next 15 years.
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