The La Puente project was licensed and executed in compliance with Colombian law and applying technologies to ensure that the stream’s ecosystem continues to function properly. It was also evaluated in 2016 by the Inter-institutional Working Group ordered by the Administrative Court of La Guajira, which confirmed its viability.

The works of the La Puente project have been approved since 1998 by the Ministry of the Environment and included in the Environmental Management Plan in force since 2005. Its detailed designs were submitted to the National Authority for Environmental Licenses (ANLA) and were approved in 2014, with the purpose of maintaining current levels of company production, royalties, profits and employment.