The senator from the Colorado Party believes that it should be applied in certain industries and agricultural activities in Uruguay.
The senator Adrian Pena stated that private companies that are large consumers of water pay a fee, as provided in the National Water Law approved in 2009, by proposing a strategy to deal with the water deficit that generates important complications in Uruguay.
The referent of Colorado Party It also considered that it is necessary that there are more controls so that potable water is not used in those enterprises that do not need it. Even, in statements to Telemundo, he was in favor of the Executive not allowing OSE to make the sales in those cases.
He former Minister of Environment He recalled the National Water Law enacted in 2009 and said that there is provision for the collection of a fee that was never applied. Specifically, he was in favor of an analysis between large industries and some agricultural activities.
Grief He argued that globally “large water consumers pay for it” and recalled that drinking water “is a priority.” For this reason, he warned that “for other uses there is always a fee, which varies according to the activity that takes place.”
Along these lines, he clarified that it should not be applied to all activities, but insisted that “the country must study it”. necessary investments to ensure drinking water and the quality of the resource”.
“If it is not necessary for the water to be drinkable, OSE should not sell it,” he said.
In addition, the former minister proposed that “when a venture needs water that does not have to be potable, the Executive Branch establishes that OSE does not sell it to them”. By exemplifying which items the initiative could affect, he argued that it could include vehicle washing, irrigation and even some branches of industry.
On the other hand, he gave as an example Ancap, after you have had problems due to high salinity in the water. “I don’t know if it has to work with potable water,” Peña said, adding that the company “could secure the water in another way for its processes and reserve that water for consumption.”
Source: Ambito
