Comision Nacional del Agua

The Comisión Nacional de Agua (C.N.A.) was created by presidential decree in 1989. It is currently an administrative unit of the Environment and Natural Resources Secretariat (SEMARNAT). It has the objective of administrating and preserving the Mexican national waters, with participation of the society to achieve the sustainable use of this natural resource.

Its main functions include: administration and custody of Mexican national waters, as well as areas connected to them; enforcement of the Law of National Waters; providing for the preservation of water quality and quantity with aims to achieving sustainable use; studying, planning, promoting, building, watching, operating, conserving and rehabilitating the hydraulic infrastructure and complementary construction activities by the federal government.