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ZAGO, Valéria Cristina Palmeira. The economic valuation of the water: a reflection on the legislation of management of the hídricos resources of the Mato Grosso do Sul . Interações (Campo Grande) [online]. 2007, vol.8, n.1, pp. 27-32. ISSN 1518-7012.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1518-70122007000100003.

The economical value of water has not been understood yet by society, mainly where quantitative restrictions do not exist. Thus, in order to make the water use fee an instrument of environmental management, bringing benefits to all society, there must be an extensive process of elucidation, with popular mobilization through its diferent sectors organized in basin comittees to discuss the management of hydric resources.

Palavras-chave : Water use fees; hydric resources; mobilization.