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The entity approved the reserve of an annual volume of 947.81 cubic hectometers, ensuring the irrigation of more than 70 thousand agricultural hectares.The National Water Authority (ANA), an entity attached to the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI), granted the reserve of surface water resources of the Santa River in favor of the Chinecas Special Project, guaranteeing the availability of water necessary to promote the agricultural, economic and social development of the Ancash region.
Through Chief Resolution No. 0130-2026-ANA, published in the official newspaper El Peruano on June 2, the reservation of an annual volume of 947.81 cubic hectometers (hm3) of water in the Chuquicara intake was approved to meet the future water demand of the project Improvement and expansion of the water supply service for irrigation in the provinces of Santa, Casma and Huarmey.
This important decision constitutes a fundamental step for the consolidation of the Chinecas Special Project, a strategic initiative for regional development that will expand the agricultural frontier, strengthen food security, generate new investment and employment opportunities, as well as improve the competitiveness of the agricultural sector on the Ancash coast.
The water reserve will benefit the districts of Chimbote, Nuevo Chimbote, Santa, Nepena, Samanco, Casma, Commander Noel, Buena Vista Alta, Huarmey and Culebras, ensuring the availability of the resource for the irrigation of 70,205 agricultural hectares and benefiting approximately 20 thousand farmers.
The Huarmey Chicama Water Administrative Authority will follow up on this measure, in coordination with the Local Administrations of Agua Santa-Lacramarca-Nepena and Casma-Huarmey, which will be responsible for supervising compliance with the provisions established in the resolution and periodically reporting to the ANA on its implementation.
The reserve of water resources is valid for two years and constitutes a planning instrument that guarantees the future availability of water for projects of regional and national interest. This measure does not yet authorize the direct use of the water resource, but rather ensures its availability while the technical and administrative stages necessary for the execution of the project continue to be developed.
With this action, the ANA strengthens the water security of this project and contributes to laying the foundations for the sustainable growth of agriculture, the generation of employment and the economic development of thousands of families in Ancash.
