Uncertainty related to the state of dams in the country

To obtain a socio-environmental license for a mining project, civil society knows neither its existence nor its potential risks. This issue is unresolved both for the structural safety and for the environmental dimension of the accumulated materials. For this type of problem, which is even generated by closing or holding a deposit, it can be said that the lack of Socio-Environmental License It can be identified as one of the biggest risks of mining today.

While it is true that business activity is the extraction and processing of minerals, relations with their neighbors have become a fundamental aspect of the legislation of many provinces. However, it is known that the safety of dams relies on the coordinated management of various specialized technical disciplines involved in the design, calculation, construction, maintenance, operation and removal of a dam. , in order to reach and maintain the highest level of feasible security

The consequences of the failure of a dam are generally of such gravity that the mere possibility of failure implies a great responsibility, both for the technicians responsible for its design, for its exploitation. and its control, which must maximize their efforts to minimize this risk, as regards the authorities who must ensure that the human and economic resources required for their attention exist.

The development of engineering has led to a significant technological advance in the monitoring and observation of these hydraulic structures, recommending criteria for their design, construction and operation. However, there was no necessary correlation between the legal instruments of support for a necessary and strict regulation of the structural security of these works by the government. State.

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Unfortunately, it is only after a series of failures and tragic consequences for the Europe and United States About five decades ago, the necessary legislation enabling strict control of their behavior began in these countries.

As soon as the corresponding legislation appears, a country has the necessary tool to ensure the greatest protection for the communities downstream of the dams. The legal standard establishes obligations for dam operators, primarily to provide "Dam Safety Service" and also the mechanisms for the State regulate your activities.

As it concerns lives and property of citizens, the "Dam Safety Service" is public, that is, it obliges the person who lends it to fill it and generates State The commitment to monitor compliance with their obligations to prevent emergencies in dams from being initiated, or their effects on the public being initiated, can be minimized to a minimum.

The basic pillars of dam safety (to which operators must comply) are: correct design and construction; the maintenance and control of behavior during the operation; preparation to act effectively and on time in case of emergency. Faced with the terrible reality of what happened in Brazil we ask ourselves: in Argentina Is everything in order?