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Álvaro Aguirre Pascual
Desde el segundo tercio del siglo XIX, momento en que se produce un salto socioeconómico basado en la agricultura, el agua se revela como el principal factor de desarrollo comenzando a regularse jurídicamente su uso. Estas regulaciones, dispersas y carentes de sistemática, obedecen principalmente a pactos entre intereses opuestos. En 1866 nace la primera Ley de Aguas que jerarquiza sus usos, agrupa y ordena numerosos preceptos dispersos, trata de respetar el derecho consuetudinario y, dentro del marco liberal de la época, distingue entre aguas públicas y privadas. Las fuertes tensiones políticas del periodo de 1867 a 1876 generan en España cambios legislativos constitucionales de gran calado que tuvieron impacto en el sector del agua por lo que nace la Ley de Aguas de 1879, que sustituye a la anterior, y que centra su normativa en las aguas terrestres, regulando los derechos y deberes que se derivan del dominio de las aguas, de su uso y de su aprovechamiento, aunque sigue manteniendo un régimen jurídico privatista para las aguas subterráneas y otro administrativista para las aguas superficiales públicas.
From the second third of the 19th century, when a socioeconomic improvement based on agriculture took place, the water revealed itself as the main development factor and its use began to be legally regulated. These scattered and unsystematic regulations were mainly due to pacts between parties with opposing interests. In 1866 the first Water Law was born, which hierarchized its uses, grouped and ordered numerous dispersed precepts, tried to respect the customary law and, within the liberal framework of its time, differentiated between public and private water supply. The strong political tensions of the period between the years 1867-1876, generated in Spain very important constitutional legislative changes that had an impact on the water sector with the Water Law of 1879 being born. This law replaces the previous one, and focuses its normative on terrestrial waters, regulating the rights and obligations that derive from the water property, use and economic exploitation, although it continues to maintain a private legal regime for groundwater and an administrative system for public surface water.
