Water Governance and management Policies: the case of the rio das Velhas water basin committee

• Autor(a) principal: Alves, Junea Jesus Lisboa
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Rodrigues, André Leal, Nogueira, Izabel Gonçalves, Xavier, Felipe, Monte-Mor, Roberto Cézar de Almeida
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/25890
• topic: Comitê de bacia hidrográfica; Bacia do rio das Velhas; Governança da água.; Comité de Cuenca; Cuenca del río Velhas; Gobernanza del agua.; River basin committee; Basin of the Velhas river; Water governance.

The current model of water resources management in Brazil must be integrated and decentralized, as established by the National Water Resources Policy. This model proposes a management with the participation of the public authorities, civil society and the users of each basin. The objective of this study was to evaluate water governance, specifically in relation to the decentralization process, with regard to the participation of river basin committees, with a focus on the river basin committee of the rio das Velhas (CBHVelhas). Therefore, to achieve the objectives of this article, secondary data were collected and organized. In this study, it showed that CBHVelhas, despite facing many weaknesses, performs most of the functions assigned to them. However, he realized that the committee needs greater autonomy and greater participation by members and civil society. In addition, it needs to be more involved in decisions referring to the Velhas river basin. Thus, it was found that, for the decentralization process to materialize, it is necessary to strengthen and expand the representation of institutions in the basin committees, with a view to the work to be developed in the technical chambers and the more effective participation of subcommittees in the takeover of decisions.