Avaliação de tecnologias de manejo dos recursos hídricos no Semi-árido Brasileiro.

Abstract

Technologies of low cost for capturing and storing rain water, sustainable management of the caatinga and contextualized education generate new expectations to live with the semi-arid. The study aimed to examine the experiences of benefits from sustainable management of water resources for communities in semi-arid of Paraiba, listing the key technologies, delimiting and characterizing the Watershed of Rio Farinha / PB with the aid of GIS. Its area is 631.2 square kilometers, has, predominantly, the drainage pattern of the dendritic type. Not subject to flooding and with little wind. The rate of ownership of this technology is high, identified in 70% of cases and, unanimously, the respondents claim met, this technology has improved their quality of social life, including the health.