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The National Water Authority (ANA) and the Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy (IPEN) signed the Inter-institutional Framework Agreement, with the aim of establishing cooperation mechanisms aimed at innovation in the management of water resources linked to nuclear science and technology.
This alliance seeks to strengthen capacities, provision of services and nuclear techniques for water analysis, information exchange, accompaniment and technical assistance in the monitoring of water bodies of interest, conservation of water ecosystems and the taking of preventive actions linked to the risks associated with climate change, as well as radiological and nuclear safety.
The signing of this agreement was in charge of Juan Carlos Castro, head of the ANA, and Mario Mallaupoma, president of the Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy; They agreed on the importance of promoting and developing joint activities, aimed at the integrated management and monitoring of the quality of water resources, through nuclear science and technology, prevention of hydrological risks associated with climate change, as well as radiological and nuclear safety, identification of opportunities for the use of water resources in a context of climate change.
One of the functions of the National Water Authority is to implement and promote the necessary actions for the multisectoral and sustainable use of water resources, with a river basin approach, within the framework of integrated water resources management, establishing strategic alliances with regional and local governments, civil society institutions and all social and economic actors.
This agreement is focusing its actions in two areas: the area of water quality and the area of water culture, understood as water culture, a broad development of activities that range from work with private companies, municipalities, schools, that is, it is about sensitizing and raising awareness throughout the community regarding the care of water.
