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MINAVERRY, Clara  e  CACERES, Verónica. The problematic of arsenic detected in the water services in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Case law analysis. Rev. Int. Contam. Ambient [online]. 2016, vol.32, n.1, pp.69-76. ISSN 0188-4999.

Access to water is an issue which was included in the public agenda in Argentina, because of its increasing pollution and commercialization, and on the other hand because of water quality and access litigation increase. Companies which provide this service face some challenges in connection with the need to maintain and improve the supply in the area and include new users. Specifically in one region of Buenos Aires Province (BAP), the company Aguas Bonaerenses S.A. (ABSA) and otherlocal offices that provide this service, face serious legal claims in connection with high levels of arsenic and nitrates in water supplied to households. El main purpose of this paper is to analyse a selection of case law related with drinking water quality consumed in BAP area. After the objectives and methodology exposition, we will characterize the BAP area and the cities affected by these judicial cases (Lincoln, 9 de Julio, Carlos Casares and Junin). Afterwards, we will study the institutional and regulatory design of water service, we will analyse case law in connection with high levels of arsenic in water which is delivered to the mentioned cities, and lastly, we will introduce implications in connection with other legal cases which are being held in BAP area.

Palavras-chave : environmental law; regulations; case law; pollution.