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El Tribunal de las Aguas(Valencia)

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The Tribunal of the Waters is the only legislative structure that remains of those established by James I. The Arabs already practiced this irrigation system, which the monarch formally established, based on the distribution of water from the Turia. It is formed by eight farmers who still wear the black blouse typical of the people of the Huerta, who are democratically elected every two years by the remaining irrigators of the same. Seated, in a circle, in wooden and leather armchairs of the XVII century, they are invested with a saintly authority.

The structure of irrigation, the participation of the farmers and the speed with which problems are solved, has projected the Water Tribunal to the international arena, considering it a model institution. With no hint of folklore, efficient and essentially Valencian, the Water Tribunal exercises before a curious public, including young university students and foreign visitors.

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