Responsibility For Water Supply and Sanitation
The responsibilities in the water and sanitation sector in Nicaragua are defined in
- the General Drinking Water and Sewerage Services Law, Law No. 297 of 1998
- the Law-Decree No. 276 of 1998 that created ENACAL, and
- Law No. 275 of 1998 that transformed INAA into a regulatory agency.
A General Water Law (Ley General de Aguas Nacionales), which is focused on water resources but also covers a number of water supply and sanitation issues as well, was approved by Parliament on September 9, 2007.
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