Mecanismos económicos en la ley de aguas española. ¿Instrumentos para la sostenibilidad?

Abstract

The so-called “new water culture” in our country must be based on a renewed water policy, adapted to the new territorial, economic and social problems of Spain. The purpose of this study is to differentiate, define and analyze the different economic mechanisms that make up the Spanish Water Law 29/1985 and its subsequent amendments (Law of Water 46/1999 and Revised Text of the Water Law, Royal Legislative Decree 1/2001), as well as describe the impact, direct or indirect, that these have with respect to the protection, preservation, conservation and restoration of the water resources of our country; without forgetting that in Spain, for more than two hundred years have been applied policies qualifiable wasteful, Almost always subsidized, in a resource that, despite everything, is scarce.