Gerenciamento da demanda de água no setor comercial central na cidade de Campina Grande - PB.

Abstract

Water, essential to the maintenance of life, is indispensable for the development of various human activities, and the droughts and droughts observed since 2012 in several regions of Brazil have significantly affected the supply of water. The semi-arid Northeastern region has the lowest water availability in the country, and the drought that hit the region in the last six years has resulted in a serious water crisis. Water rationing, an extreme measure of demand management, has become necessary in most cities of the Northeastern semi-arid region, such as Campina Grande, in the state of Paraiba. In this context, this work aims to analyze the characteristics of water consumption in the central commercial sector of the city of Campina Grande, Paraiba, in order to suggest measures of water demand management that allows greater adaptation of consumption to the water reality experienced by the city.