SILVA, José Irivaldo Alves Oliveira.
Resumo:
The Brazilian semiarid region faces the challenge of guaranteeing water security
for rural communities, especially with the COVID-19 outbreak. The chapter
presents how small-scale water system initiatives like the 1 million Cisterns
Program and the Freshwater Program contribute to the access to water, pointing
out its strengths and weaknesses. The methodology consisted in a thorough
document analysis. These programs adopted a posture of coexistence with the drought and included rural populations as protagonists in the planning, installation
and monitoring processes of the systems. Their continuity depends on the
government’s willingness. Although they ease regional structural problems, they
do not solve them.