REGO FILHO, M. T.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5066336039142604; REGO FILHO, Marco Tulio do Nascimento.
Abstract:
The National Water Resources Policy, Law 9.433/97, the National Coastal Management
Plan, Law 7.661/88 and Federal Decree 5.300/04, establish, among their guidelines, the
need for integration of water management with coastal management. Thus, the National
Water Resources Council established the Technical Chamber of Integration of the
Watershed Management and Estuarine and Coastal Zone Systems, which aims to
analyze and propose mechanisms for the integration of the above policies, aimed at
minimizing or solving conflicts of water resources use in the coastal environment. The
inherent complexity of the interaction between watersheds and coastal areas and the
multiple uses of water from upstream of the coastal zone of the basin, which reduce the
rivers flow and, consequently, the availability of fresh water in the coastal region, may
cause changes in the rivers bed of the coastal zone due to sediment deposition as well as
changes in the flora and fauna of these regions demand continuous studies that address
these interactions. As a case study, it was chosen the region of the lower course of the
Paraiba river basin in reason of the water conflicts from the multiple uses of water as
well as changes in the river bed. The objective is to compose a situational diagnosis to
subsidize actions to minimize or solve the existent conflicts, given the application of
different management and integrated tools. With a qualitative approach based on
deductive method, utilizing the bibliographic and documentary research as an
exploratory basis, an analysis of the legal and institutional interfaces is made,
highlighting the possible operational links between the instruments of planning and
management. The analysis of compatibility between management tools of the PNRH
and PNGC, demonstrates that the linking between them is possible. It is recommended
to the competent sector of the Paraíba state to provide the preparation of a Management
Plan Coastal Zone and Coastal Ecological - Economic Zoning, articulated with the State
Water Resources Plan and Plan Basin of the Paraíba River. From this, the committee of
the Paraíba river basin and Coastal Management Commission shall coordinate actions in
order to preserve the environment and provide the solution of conflicts arising from the
multiple uses of water. It is concluded that process of integration between water
management and coastal zone management involves the decentralization of power
management, the participation of civil society and users, and the harmonization and
inter-relationship of the components of water resources management with the coastal
management and depends on coordination between federal, state and municipal levels,
and each one has its own particular interests and ways to contribute to this integration.
