LIMITS AND CHALLENGES IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT BYRIVER BASIN COMMITTEES: A STUDY IN THE NORTHEAST OF BRAZIL

ABSTRACT

This article focuses on the process of implementation of water management by hydrographic basin committees, identifying factors that influence its development. The study was based on the fundamental pillars on which settles this management, which are the integration, decentralization and participation, using as indicators of analysis, technical, political and financial factors that interfere with their effectiveness. The research strategy chosen was the study of multiple cases. The methodological procedures consisted, initially, in the selection of cases and the survey of the primary data occurred through direct observation, on participation in events and meetings in the area observing and analyzing the topics of discussions and participation in meetings of committees of basins. The results show that the model was designed to operate autonomously, but the committees haven't acquired this autonomy. Are the resources from charging for the use of water that give them conditions so that they develop without relying on the Governments of the Member States, neither financially nor politically. However, as the charges for the use of water is a prerequisite for financial sustainability and, as a result, autonomy, and how this collection has not yet been established in these committees, this autonomy is impossible to be exercised.

Key-words:
Water Resources; Basin Committees; Decentralization; Participation