Massive Ordeal to Be Able to Use Water Well

In Costa Rica the paperwork needed for an industrial company to be able to use its own water well requires activities to be undertaken in three institutions and which take over a year.

Friday, October 11, 2013

The article in Elfinancierocr.com reviews the different steps in the process which involves repeat submissions to the Acueductos y Alcantarillados department (AyA), the Dirección de Aguas del Ministerio de Ambiente (Minae), and the Servicio Nacional de Aguas Subterráneas, Riego y Avenamiento (Senara).

Two months after the process began, an employer will probably be able to carry out drilling to look for the water it needs. If it finds it, it must restart the process, now with the verification of the volume of water emerging and a determination on the volume that the company can use is. This step may take a year ...

In conclusion, the writer says: "I do not condone illegal activities under any circumstances, AT ALL, but I understand how entrepreneurs can start off following the letter of the law and end up choosing to go off the path."

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