Crises hídricas em Campina Grande - PB: um estudo comparativo dos anos 1998 3 2015.

Abstract

The scarcity and the water crisis are not a recent problem, but for the last few years, it’s being noticed the onset of a water shortage in Brazil, portrayed as a hydric crisis. This fact is worrying the whole society, since the water holds relevance in the social, economical and political spheres. This study objectives to analyse comparatively the hydric crisis occured in Campina Grande – PB, in the years 1998-2001 and 2015-2017. As method, we did the applied research, since this study is about a bibliographical, qualitative and exploratory research. The hydric crisis from 1998 to 2001 was solved with the ending of the period of drought and the arrival of the rain in the reservatory localized in the Boqueirão town; However, the last hydric crisis, that happened from 2015 to 2017, was only solved because of the São Francisco river transposition, which made possible to the water to reach the reservatory of the Epitácio Pessoa weir or the Boqueirão weir. It is evident that the reservatory’s water percentage in both crisis reached the state of emergency. In 1998, the reservatory level was limited to only 15% of it’s capacity, and in the last crisis the reservatory reached only 3%. This events led the town to an alert state, udermining the water quality, mainly to human consumption. As conclusion, it was noticed that hydric crisis solution in the Campina Grande’s region must be pursued with a sustainable management of the disponible hydric resources, in order to create better possibilities with the water supply from the São Francisco river.