the amended national water law nwl restructured conagua key functions through the transfer of responsibilities from the central level to subnational entities these are playing an increasing role in the water sector limiting conagua s role to the administration of the nwl the coordination of water policies the conduct of national water policy and planning supervision support and regulatory activities the technical council of conagua is an interministerial body in charge of approving and evaluating conagua programmes projects budget and operations as well as coordinating water policies across departments and public administration agencies