Water and Waste
The Water and Waste Planning Commission was established by Order 2718/2024 of 14 March [https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/despacho/2718-2024-855433563] and is chaired by the President of the Water and Waste Services Regulatory Authority.
Contacts
Luís Simas (luis.simas@ersar.pt / 968 091 141)
President of the Regulatory Authority for Water and Waste Services (ERSAR)
Order No. 11745/2023, of 20 November
Member of the Board of Directors of ERSAR
Order No. 4294/2024, of 19 April
Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, I. P.
(https://www.apambiente.pt)
Order No. 2718/2024, of March 14
Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços de Águas e Resíduos
(https://www.ersar.pt)
Order No. 2718/2024, of March 14
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P.
(https://www.ipma.pt)
Order No. 2718/2024, of March 14
Águas de Portugal
(https://www.adp.pt)
Order No. 2718/2024, of March 14
Direção-Geral das Atividades Económicas
(https://www.dgae.gov.pt)
Order No. 2718/2024, of March 14
Direção-Geral da Saúde
(https://www.dgs.pt)
Order No. 2718/2024, of March 14
Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses
(https://www.anmp.pt)
Order No. 2718/2024, of 14 March
Direção Regional do Ambiente e Ação Climática do Governo Regional dos Açores
(https://www.portal.azores.gov.pt/web/draac)
Order No. 2718/2024, of March 14
Secretaria Regional de Agricultura, Pescas e Ambiente do Governo Regional da Madeira
(https://www.madeira.gov.pt/srapa/)
Order No. 2718/2024, of March 14
Sectoral legislation
Order 2718/2024, of 14 March, appointing the members of the Water and Waste Emergency Planning Commission (CPEAR). [link to: https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/despacho/2718-2024-855433563]
Order No. 4294/2024, of 19 April, appointing Joaquim Manuel Faria Barreiros, member of the board of directors of the Water and Waste Services Regulatory Authority, as vice-chair of the Water and Waste Emergency Planning Commission [link to https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/despacho/4294-2024-862410070
Order No. 11745/2023, of 20 November, appointing Vera Cordeiro Pereira de Sousa Eiró Diniz Vieira as chair of the Water and Waste Emergency Planning Commission [link to https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/despacho/11745-2023-224461196
Decree-Law No. 69/2023, of 21 August: Quality of water for human consumption.
Decree-Law No. 294/94, of 16 November: establishes the legal framework for the concession of the operation and management of multi-municipal urban waste treatment systems. With the latest wording given by Decree-Law No. 195/2009, of 20 August, which republished it.
Decree-Law No. 319/94, of 24 December: establishes the legal framework for the construction, operation and management of multi-municipal water collection and treatment systems for public consumption, when awarded by concession, and approves the respective bases. With the latest wording given by Decree-Law No. 195/2009, of 20 August, which republished it.
Decree-Law No. 162/96, of 4 September: establishes the legal framework for the concession of the operation and management of multi-municipal systems for the collection, treatment and disposal of effluents. With the latest wording given by Decree-Law No. 195/2009, of 20 August, which republished it.
Decree-Law No. 194/2009, of 20 August: establishes the legal regime for municipal public water supply, wastewater sanitation and urban waste management services. With the wording given by Law No. 12/2014, of 6 March.
Decree-Law No. 92/2013, of 11 July: defines the regime for the operation and management of multi-municipal systems for the collection, treatment and distribution of water for public consumption, the collection, treatment and disposal of effluents and the collection and treatment of solid waste. Amended by Decree-Law No. 72/2016, of 4 November, and Decree-Law No. 16/2021, of 2 February.
Decree-Law No. 96/2014, of 25 June: establishes the legal regime for the concession of the operation and management, as a public service, of multi-municipal systems for the treatment and selective collection of urban waste, assigned to entities with exclusively or majority private capital. With the latest wording given by Law No. 75-B/2020 of 31 December.
Decree-Law No. 152/97, of 9 November: on the treatment of urban waste water. With the latest wording given by Decree-Law No. 77/2021, of 27 August.
Law No. 58/2005 of 29 December: approves the Water Law, transposing Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October into national law, establishing the basis and institutional framework for sustainable water management. As amended by Law No. 44/2017, of 19 June.
Decree-Law No. 226-A/2007, of 31 May: establishes the regime for the use of water resources. As amended by Decree-Law No. 97/2018, of 27 November.
Strategic Plan for Water Supply and Wastewater and Rainwater Management 2030 (PENSAARP 2030), approved by Council of Ministers Resolution No. 23/2024, of 5 February, and amended by Council of Ministers Resolution No. 109/2024, of 22 August.
Strategic Plan for Urban Waste (PERSU 2030), approved by Council of Ministers Resolution No. 30/2023 of 24 March.
