WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE JAURU / MT HYDROGRAPHIC BASIN: THE HYDROGRAPHIC BASIN COMMITTEE'S PERFORMANCE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS (SHP)
Governance; participatory representation; multiple uses; Pantanal
The implementation of the National Water Resources Policy within the scope of the Hydrographic Basin is still a challenge for the management bodies. Thus, the Hydrographic Basin Committee, a collegiate body, part of the Water Resources Management System that brings together representatives of public authorities (Municipal, State and Federal) and water users is relevant in the consolidation of a hydrographic basin as a territorial planning unit and management. In this perspective, we assume that, in addition to the powers conferred by Law 9.433 / 97, which is the responsibility of the Hydrographic Basin Committees, it has the function of protecting the hydrographic basin from possible negative impacts caused by anthropic action, environmental damage and inappropriate use from water. In the case of the hydrographic basin of the Jauru River, the main river in the Pantanal, it has intensified in recent years, with the advances of the agricultural and livestock economic sector, releases of urban effluents and the installations of energy projects, Small Hydroelectric Plants (PCH 'S). The Hydrographic Basin Committee is the local body, suitable for managing conflicts, which take place within the scope of the basin, and acts as a forum attributing the participative body to a group of people, with different views and interest in the use of water, where the multiple use of water in the watershed. This work aims to analyze the water management in the hydrographic basin of the river Jauru / MT: Performance of the Hydrographic Basin Committee in the implantation of Small Hydroelectric Plants (PCH 'S). The research object is qualitative, descriptive, exploratory. This work is expected to produce a Product “Proposition of a Term of Reference (Draft)” that may be useful to CBH to become a referential Licensing subsidy for future installations of Small Hydroelectric Plants (SHP 'S).