Prospects and Challenges of Implementing the Hydrographic Region VIII Basin Plan

Abstract

The current “National Water Law” states that water resources plans must be elaborated by basins, states, and for the country. This essay discusses the water management process considering federal and state legislations and their interrelations, for the purpose of elucidating the gaps found in them , aiming at their applicability to the system of water resources management within the CBH- Macaé and Ostras scope. It also discusses the construction and evolution process of the above-mentioned committee, and developments in the implementation of the Basin Plan of Hydrographic Region VIII.

Keywords

• Gestão de recursos hídricos. Comitê de bacia hidrográfica. Plano de bacia hidrográfica.