The article brings forward the so-called water reform in Brazil, as it was proposed by the federal government. It highlights its social, economic and environmental dimensions. Such a proposal intends to change the ways of controlling the access to water, in view of its privatization, as water is a natural resource that integrates every process of production, besides the fact that it is essential to preserve life. Because of that, the water reform is considered one of the actions of the counter-reform of the Brazilian state, according to the dominant interests in search of getting over the present crisis of capital.
Keywords:
Crisis of capital; Counter-reform of the state; Water reform
