POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF WATER AND HYDROBIOPOLITICS IN THE SEMI-ARID OF BRAZILIAN NORTHEAST: the hierarchy of access between plate cisterns and tank wagons

• Autor(a) principal: Bezerra Silva, Jairo
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Dourado Guerra, Lemuel, Alves Gomes, Ramonildes, Gomes Queiroz, Jânesson
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Caderno CRH
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/crh/article/view/31898
• topic: Hidrobiopolítica; Agenciamentos hídricos; Cisternas; Caminhões-pipa; semiárido nordestino brasileiro; Ecologia Política da Água

This article aims to discuss traditional and recent public policies aimed at  dealing with the problems of water shortages in the Brazilian Northeastsemiarid region, more specifically tank wagons and government programs  that invested in the construction of  residential cisterns. The theoretical perspective adopted is used to analyse  the data collected by direct  observation in the area between the states of Pernambuco and Paraiba and conduct interviews with residents of the area to which the transposition of the waters of the São Francisco Riverwas announced as the “solution” to the problems of water sustainability. Among the conclusions, we highlight that the government programs toconstruct residential cisterns do not solve the water supply problems in the focused region; and the tank wagons are insufficient to meet the demand for water during dry periods in the northeastern semiarid region, implying expenses that are difficult to be borne by most family farmers interviewed.