Mediação comunitária como política pública para intermediar conflitos relacionados à água na comunidade da Vila Alta em Crato/CE.

Abstract

The work on screen aims to respond if community mediation is a public policy. With the affirmative demonstration, it analyzes its suitability to mediate the conflict that has existed since 2005 between the community of the high village in Crato/CE and the municipal public power with regard to problems related to water. For this, water is discussed as a fundamental right indispensable for the existence of life; The contours of the conflict established between community and municipal public power are described; And analyzes how the public policy of community mediation, among the various traditional mechanisms of conflict resolution, can be the means of building a solution less burdensome and more appropriate to the case. In the context of modernization and globalization, capable of rapidly transforming the world we know about water, in a short time, it will become humanity's most precious asset, capable of triggering great conflicts. The city of Crato/CE, embedded in the foothills of the Chapada do Araripe, is known for its many springs, many of mineral water, pleasant climate and abundant water. The community of the high village located in the municipality in question coexists with its lack, an irregular supply, and with a poor-quality water. This has caused the residents a number of problems ranging from diseases related to consumption, finding the presence of high levels of heavy metals (iron, nitrate, manganese) until their purchase, since many are not used by medical advice, and even then, continue to pay the related public fees. At the same time, public power is seriously charged in the face of community dissatisfaction. But despite the various accusations, lawsuits filed, CPI of water installed by the city council, promises of municipal managers in solving the problem, so far, nothing has been done. Faced with this interplay of interests involving the community and municipal public power over water, the adoption of community mediation as an intercessory means capable of resolving conflicts of this magnitude can lead to a true conceptual and parameter revolution, insofar as the conscious community itself Of its ills, organized structurally through a legitimate and democratic mechanism, running away from traditionalism, puts itself at the forefront of the problem, without waiting for third parties or temporary solutions, being the true active vector driving the transformation. In order to make possible the proposed objectives, the deductive method was used. In the second place, a research approach was adopted by bibliographic method, with repercussions on books, magazines, newspapers and electronic collections, as it has the subject under analysis, relevant discussions in the legal world and at the present time. These means and methods together gave the necessary strength to the work, able to assist in a safe and detailed way on a response to the problem.