CANDIDO, L. L. T.; CANDIDO, Luíza Lilandra Teixeira.
Resumo:
The extensive problem of water scarcity in Brazil is the result of a non-adoption of an integrated water management model, the increase in demands for the natural resource, its degradation and a pattern of economic development that is not consistent with sustainable development. Based on this premise, development in water management started to require a knowledge of the availability and demand of water resources, as a subsidy to define priority actions that can preserve the adequate use of water and, therefore, respect constitutional principles and laws environmental impacts until then. Thus, the aforementioned work of completion of course has as fundamental concern to investigate the possibility of implementation and regulation of an indicator of water use called water footprint, which is able to guide public managers in decision making and help in the elaboration of public policies which seek to reduce water consumption and ensure its quality in terms of its qualitative and quantitative aspects for present and future generations. The methodology applied to this research was based on the method of deductive approach, starting from a general analysis of the use of the water footprint for a specific bias that would be its normatization, still the techniques of bibliographic and documentary research were used. In this way, it was possible to verify that the water footprint is an effective indicator in the fight against the scarcity of fresh water in some regions and that through its regulation it can become useful in the proper use of water in the most diverse sectors such as human supply, agriculture, livestock, industry, among others. Therefore, it would be a way to guarantee the economic growth of the country combined with the sustainable development and the real compliance with the environmental, constitutional and administrative norms of the Brazilian legal system.
