The water governance: the case of committees of rivers Chapecó and Irani – SC

Abstract

Water governance is an important tool for democratization and interaction between public and private entities in the integrated management of water resources (IMWR). Therefore, this study points out how water governance has been developed in the Catarinense Midwestern Hydrographic Region, based on the application of two models of water governance analysis. For that, interviews and questionnaires were applied with 18 members of the Chapecó and Irani watershed Committee. The local analysis of water governance has shown that this group faces many weaknesses, such as low participation of members and civil society, difficulties and bureaucracy in financial transfers, lack of legal and technical knowledge of its members, lack of use of the instruments provided for in National Policy on Water Resources.

Keywords

• Comitês de Bacias Hidrográficas
• Gestão Hídrica
• Governança da Água
• Water Management