Water Rights Arrangements in Australia and Overseas
Annex K - Mexico
The Mexico case study, Annex K of the commission research paper Water Rights Arrangements in Australia and Overseas, was released on 16 December 2003.
Twelve case studies, which should be read in conjunction with the main report, were prepared to assist the understanding of the complex legal, organisational and management arrangements of the jurisdictions studied. They are:
- Murray–Darling Basin
- New South Wales
- Victoria
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- Colorado River Basin
- California
- Colorado
- Chile
- Mexico
- South Africa
CONTENTS
Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Contents, Abbreviations, Preface
1 The water sector
2 Legal framework
2.1 Evolution of water law
2.2 Current legislative framework
3 Organisations
3.1 Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources
3.2 National Water Commission
3.3 Consultative bodies
3.4 Water user associations
4 Definition of water rights
4.1 Coverage
4.2 Specification
4.3 Record of title
4.4 Duration
4.5 Exclusivity
4.6 Detached from land title and use restrictions
4.7 Divisibility and transferability
5 Government involvement in allocating water
5.1 Allocation mechanisms
5.2 Water programming
6 Administering water rights
6.1 Application
6.2 Consultation
6.3 Assessment
6.4 Decision notification, appeals and registration
7 Distribution management
7.1 Water accounting
7.2 Distributing water
8 Pricing
8.1 Pricing the scarcity value of water
8.2 Pricing infrastructure services
8.3 Other issues
9 Monitoring and enforcement
9.1 Monitoring procedures
9.2 Enforcement procedures
References
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