The installation and execution; maintenance, repair, and replacement of civil works and works of public institutions are authorized, in the channel and beds of bodies of water in urban and rural zones, as well as in their protection areas, such as dikes, walls, culverts, bridges, aqueducts, intakes, diversions and calibration of water granted under concession, drainage with meshes for solid waste collection, infrastructure for stormwater discharge, works for the transport of wastewater for its proper treatment, discharges of wastewater from a treatment system, and agricultural drainage discharges to lower the water table, which may be via open channel or pipeline; all without deterioration of water quality and the channel.
Likewise, low-environmental-impact works are authorized, such as observation platforms, bridges, hanging bridges, zip lines, signage elements, and other elements that allow access, observation, and safe enjoyment of natural areas with the least possible impact, when their purpose is the development of tourism activities, among others.
The responsibility for authorizing these works shall reside exclusively with the Dirección de Agua of the Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía, which shall establish the necessary requirements and studies, as well as the administrative deadlines for resolution.