Problemática do abastecimento de água na cidade de Sousa-PB.

Abstract

This work has as its theme the problem of water supply in the city of Sousa-PB. The main objective was to analyze the problem related to water scarcity in this city, its causes and consequences for the local population. This research involved a bibliographic survey, data collection and analysis and interpretation. It is observed that from the urban growth of the city of Sousa, the water supply service failed to adequately supply all neighborhoods in the city, as in some neighborhoods many days without water, so the population needs to be on guard against water is available for your area. The research procedures were based on the using the quantitative and qualitative method, for this, surveys were performed bibliographic data, data collected through interviews and forms through which sought to draw a profile of the existing population and the problem in question. They were subjects of survey 40 inhabitants with 10 people from each neighborhood, highlighted: Multirão, André Gadelha, Jardim Brasilia and Alto do Cruzeiro, which served as a subsidy to understand the conditions in which a portion of the population is facing the problem of Thus, it was evident that 50% of the population is linked to the lack of water in the city during long periods of drought. The final results pointed out the problems concerning the availability and quantity of water resources available to the contingent sousense population and the origin of the problem under analysis and through the research the existence of more disadvantaged neighborhoods than others in Cidade de Sousa –PB.