A Problemática do acesso e uso da Água no Sitio Cacimba Nova, Zona Rural de São João do Rio do Peixe - PB.

Abstract

The present work has as its theme the problem of access and use of water. Our area under study is represented by the Cacimba Nova site located in the João do Rio do Peixe-PB which is part of the Microregion of Cajazeiras that makes up the Paraíba Sertão Geographic Mesoregion The objective The main objective was to analyze the problem of access and use of water in the area. As a reference The theoretical theory was based on the notion of geographic space proposed by SANTOS (1999) in his work The nature of space. Technique and time. Reason and emotion. In this the author proposes that considers geographic space as an inseparable, solidary and also contradictory, of object systems and action systems. The research also made use of elaboration and application of questionnaires with the community in order to gather data concerning problems arising from access and use of water. It was considered in survey the entire population, represented by thirty-seven families that total one hundred thirty-four individuals. An attempt was also made to draw a profile of the existing population. These were analyzed and served as subsidies for understand the socioeconomic conditions of the population and the ways of distribution, supply, conduction, access and use of water. With the help of questionnaires sought to know the coexistence of the thirty-seven families with the water related problems. The research allowed us to verify the problems related to access and use of water at Sítio Cacimba Nova which are attributed to the low presence of public Power.