A política de gestão dos recursos hídricos do Rio Grande do Sul : uma avaliação da experiência do comitê Pardo.

Abstract

The problematic issue of the imminent scarcity of the hydric resources demanded the creation of a management system that, in Rio Grande do Sul, is linked to the State Policy of Hydric Resources Management, which proposes a decentralized management with the participation of the society and the users. This study sought for an evaluation of this policy through the experience of the Rio Pardo Hydric Resources Management Committee as well as the verification of how the members of this Committee see this process. The research was basead on the Committee Documents, such as technical reports and minutes, and it was also applied a query to its members. On the query with the members of the Committee the focus was to identify how they evaluated the State Hydric Resources Policy concerning the application of its Hydric Resources management tools and their point of view of the management process in their committee. It was verified that most of them finds the state policy difficult to apply, having in mind some particular aspects related to the management tools, once the warrant and the charge were identified as the most complex ones. As to the committee, they showed to be modest regarding its participation and intervention, acknowledging that many difficulties are inherent to the management process and are being faced by the committee, showing this is a learning process.