Avaliação do risco ao desabastecimento de água no município de Cruzeta/RN: um estudo de caso.

Abstract

Water is a vital component for the survival of living beings. Climate change is an important requirement in the hydrological cycle and consequently in the availability of water for the population, sometimes causing economic and social imbalances. Water shortages are a risk that leads the population to a level of vulnerability, since public policies that promote infrastructure for water uses and functionality of supply systems do not cover the entire territory, sometimes leaving the population at the mercy of how to resist the effects caused by shortages. With this in mind, this work aims to analyze the risk of water shortages in situations of discontinuity in the Treated Water Distribution System (SDAT) in the city of Cruzeta/RN. For this, indicators, information from the City Hall, in addition to census data, and questionnaires were used, in a sample quantity, which have a quantitative, descriptive and exploratory character, in order to assess the vulnerability of the local population in this situation of intermittence in the with regard to indicators in the social and environmental sphere. The results showed that the identification of the most vulnerable zones directs the actions of public and private authorities, mainly in the management of water resources through interventions in these territories that are in need of some urgency. Thus, it was also possible to perceive the socio-environmental conditions between the districts of the city, where such conditions present differences. Thus, the Santo Antônio neighborhood, followed by Novo Horizonte, had a negative link in most of the indicators, that is, it presented itself as the most vulnerable.