Caracterização da unidade de planejamento e gerenciamento 2.II - Taquari: subsídios para proposta de comitê de bacia

Abstract

In Brazil, private appropriation of water is not allowed as it is considered a good essential for life. The Water Regulation Code was the first law to specifically address water quality protection in Brazil. Soon after the National System of Water Resource Management was instituted, based on the National Water Resource Management Policy guidelines, which provides for the creation of Watershed Management Committees at the State and Federal levels. The area for the present study was selected due to the existence of water use and management conflicts in the Water Planning and Management Unit (UPG) 2.II-Taquari and the absence of a Watershed Management Committee, with an aim to identify and characterize existing conflicts for water use. The 10 counties which compose this UPG were visited to identify present conflicts. Graphic files in Shapefile format were used to characterize the watershed. Alphanumeric data of the study area were processed, checked and finalized. Cartographic products were georeferenced using ArcGis 10.2 software and finalized by Arcview software. Research results showed the main frailties within the selected UPG and the associated water use and management conflicts. This highlighted the importance of instituting a Watershed Management Committee and the development of environmental restoration projects for the study area.