The General Audit Office (AGN, for its acronym in Spanish) found no evidence that they have "developed a strategy to conserve water quality, monitoring programs, or the pollution control strategy" in the 23 Argentine provinces, in the City or nationwide. In fact, from 2008 to June 2014 "water quality was monitored in only 10% of the hydrological stations."

After the unfortunate events in the province of Buenos Aires the water issue came to the fore. From this report, which evaluates the implementation of the Federal National Water Resources Plan (PNFRH), it brought to light numerous weaknesses around it.

The legislation is one of the most important problems detected by the AGN. The rules governing this matter in our country are law 25,678 and 25,688. The first sets minimum environmental budgets and the second has the same goal but with the environmental protection of water.

In addition to there being a mismatch between the two laws; Law 25.688, passed twelve years ago, "but has not yet been regulated." The content review also shows that "there are no objectives or goals related to a minimum quality of water resources, no defined enforcement authority, and does not make it clear the responsibilities of the federal and provincial or mechanisms for jurisdictional coordination." To this it is added that "it is also questioned because it appears to be unconstitutional."

Based on the guiding principles of the Water Policy, the Under secretariat of Water Resources and the Federal Water Council (COHIFE) -created by the Federal Government, the City of Buenos Aires and the 23 provinces, developed the Federal National Water Resources Plan. The basic document of this project was approved in 2006 to "facilitate coordination and cooperation between all the entities with concern in water management."
 
Its development was based on the principles of equity, to ensure the provision of safe water and sanitation to the entire population; efficiency and sustainable development, to optimize the use of water; risk minimization, to prevent flooding and droughts; and sustainable development to prevent and reduce contamination of fluids.

But, in spite of its noble objectives and federal development, "it was not yet formally established through a legal instrument." In addition, "in itself is not a plan that does not define measurable targets or implementation strategies, and forecast financing." To this it is added that "the final document was never made" and that "the strategic planning process was interrupted due to lack of financing."

Today, the management of water resources includes the participation of the Secretariat of Water Resources, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and two federal councils, and the already appointed COHIFE as well as the Federal Environment Council (COFEMA).

On the AGN’s examination of the bodies it arises that they "have not established formal mechanisms for coordination between the Secretariat and the two federal entities." On the interaction with environmental authorities it observed that it was "sporadic and on specific issues."

In conclusion, "there are no formal mechanisms articulated with the bodies of the basin, or a strategy to strengthen its planning authorities or mechanisms developed to promote the participation of civil society in decision-making."
In the treatment of the report, the Auditor, Horacio Pernasetti, said that "in governance there is a lack of harmonization of the guiding principles of water policy among agencies and jurisdictions, including in the definition of functions" so that "the main recipient of this work should be the National Congress for defining or modifying the law or other kinds of politics."

Hydrological Network

Most of the information comes from the National Water hydrological network of the Secretariat of Water Resources, which represents 94% of the stations. There are several types and in them meteorological parameters are recorded as well as other data on water, rivers, lakes and reservoirs, currents, sediment deposits, to name a few issues.

Of the 629 stations in Argentina 67% are active. In the province of Buenos Aires there are only two, when there are 32 active Salta, 57 in Mendoza and 52 in Santa Fe. What is striking is that the PBA, specifically the Rio de la Plata, leads the world's second largest watershed through the Parana and Uruguay rivers.