The constitutional reform of 2004, and the subsequent Act 18.610 of the year 2009, which establishes the National Water Policy, set out various obligations and spheres of action, within which the different stakeholders involved and/or may participate.

The National Directorate of Water (DINAGUA), now under the aegis of the Ministry of Environment, is the body in charge of the regency, and for this he has organized treatment of the topic in function of the territorial component, grouping based hydrographic regions, from highest to lowest, within the framework provided by the National Plan of Waters, approved in 2017:

https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-ambiente/politicas-y-gestion/planes/plan-nacional-aguas.

The three major groupings are made on the basis of the transboundary basins, and from them, and many times at the request of the users, are created, and they work, or are in the process of creating various Commissions of Basin: https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-ambiente/politicas-y-gestion/comisiones-cuencas-acuiferos.

Commissions Basin of the Regional Council of Water Resources for the Uruguay river Basin
or Watershed Commission of the Río Cuareim
, or Commission of Creek Watershed San Antonio and Aquifer Jump Arapey
or Commission of River Basin Tacuarembó
or Commission of River Basin Yí
or Commission Basin of the Rio San Salvador
or Commission of the Guarani Aquifer System
or Watershed Commission of the Black River

Commissions Basin Regional Council on Resources of Water for the Basin of the Laguna Merín
or Commission Basin, the Cebollatí River.
or Commission Basin of rio Taquari

Commissions Basins of the Regional Council of Water Resources at the Basin of the Río de la Plata and Seafront
or Commission Basin of the Santa Lucía River
or Commission Basin of the Lagoon of the Swan
or Commission Basin of the Laguna del Sauce
or Commission basin of the arroyo Solís Chico
or Commission of river basin Rosary
or Commission basin of Brackish Lagoons Rocha

Source: DINAGUA – National Plan of Waters

These Commissions are areas tripartite, in which the State through a number of different agencies involved, the users (category to which we belong), and civil society, to fulfill the role assigned to advise the respective Regional Council with the aim to give sustainability to the management of natural resources and manage the potential conflicts for their use.

Our guild has maintained a presence in the Committees that have worked in areas where afforestation is developed, fulfilling its role as the representative of the users (forest enterprises). To do this, various members of the staff and technicians designated by the companies have taken such a representation seeking to make their voice heard, in an environment generally hostile to agricultural production in general and the forest in particular.

The oldest of its performance is the Commission Basin of the Santa Lucía River (CCRSL) Commission Basin of the Santa Lucía River, which runs from the year 2013, and is the one that has more history and a Basin Plan detailed that can be read at: https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-ambiente/comunicacion/publicaciones/plan-cuenca-del-rio-santa-lucia.

Since our institution, we invite you to partner companies to participate in these spaces, in order to broaden the perspective and knowledge of the particular conditions of each area, calibrating the impact of different management measures may be in the same.