Gestão de recursos hídricos: conflito pelo uso da água no açude Epitácio Pessoa-PB.

Abstract

Water management weir Pessoa , popularly known as Boqueirao is the responsibility of the National Water Agency - ANA since 2000 . However , the drought that began in 2012 has dramatically affecting the ability of this source of water supply to meet all the multiple uses to which it is intended , thereby calling into question the status of the management of these waters , as well as the role of each social actor that relies on these them . Starting from the assumption that the more scarce and water is fundamental , source of most conflicts it becomes, the aim of this study was to identify the role and ways of acting members involved actors with ways to use the water in the weir Pessoa by using a technique of multi-criteria analysis. The methodology of conflict analysis trade-off is a method that uses multiple criteria analysis for conflict analysis , which made it suitable to be applied in this study . The survey results identified five (5 ) types of conflicts involving social actors who use these waters and the actual management of the stock . Conflicts of origin presented were legal , Institutional , Environmental , Social and Economic and were identified using the technique of multi-criteria analysis . The implementation of all the steps of the method led to a diagnosis of the real situation on the banks of the weir installed as well as the desires of each social actor involved with ways to use these waters, since all depend on that resource to survive . On the other hand , is the need to rationally use these waters in order to ensure water security in the region , making up studies that propose alternative ways to alleviate this situation. Thus , the method proposed three possible alternatives : the first alternative proposes the continuation of irrigation and the second further reduce the irrigated area , the third alternative provides financial compensation for small farmers in case of need for total suspension of irrigation .