scholarly journals Management of Water Resources in the Semiarid Region of Rio Grande do Norte: a case study on the municipality of Lucrécia

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlene Yara Tenório Soares de Oliveira ◽  
Marcia Regina Farias da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Semiarid Region ◽  
Drought Event ◽  
Access To Water ◽  
The City

This research aimed to identify water resources management strategies in extreme drought event scenarios in the municipality of Lucrécia, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte (RN), in the period 2012 to 2018. As a methodological procedure, a bibliographical and documentary, in addition to field research, with interviews with municipal managers and residents. A photographic record of the study area was also carried out. It was found that, in the city, there is a folder dedicated to water resources that guides water management and is the basis for the adoption of measures aimed at municipal supply in times of difficult access to water, due to the reduction in water availability. It was observed that part of the interviewed population understands the drought as responsible for the difficulties faced in the city, mainly about the reduction of the water level in the reservoir. It was found that, of the 52 towns belonging to the hydrographic basin of the Apodi-Mossoró river, only 10 participate in the meetings of the basin committee, the municipality of Lucrécia does not have representatives on the Committee. This finding deserves special consideration since water and the administration of its multiple applications are generators of conflicts, it highlights the importance of understanding how municipalities in the Semiarid region carry out the management of water resources and how they understand the challenges of coexistence with its area, aiming at the sustainable use of water.

Ensuring access to water in an emergency context: Towards an overexploitation and contamination of water resources?

2021 ◽  
pp. 096466392110316
Author(s):  
Chloé Nicolas-Artero
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Water Rights ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Supply Network ◽  
Mining Pollution ◽  
Access To Water

This article shows how geo-legal devices created to deal with environmental crisis situations make access to drinking water precarious and contribute to the overexploitation and contamination of water resources. It relies on qualitative methods (interviews, observations, archive work) to identify and analyse two geo-legal devices applied in the case study of the Elqui Valley in Chile. The first device, generated by the Declaration of Water Scarcity, allows private sanitation companies to concentrate water rights and extend their supply network, thus producing an overexploitation of water resources. In the context of mining pollution, the second device is structured around the implementation of the Rural Drinking Water Programme and the distribution of water by tankers, which has made access to drinking water more precarious for the population and does nothing to prevent pollution.

scholarly journals Co-creating narratives for WEF nexus governance: a Quantitative Story-Telling case study in the Canary Islands

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Violeta Cabello ◽  
David Romero ◽  
Ana Musicki ◽  
Ângela Guimarães Pereira ◽  
Baltasar Peñate
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Canary Islands ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Practical Case ◽  
Story Telling ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Narrative Assessment ◽  
Alternative Water

AbstractThe literature on the water–energy–food nexus has repeatedly signaled the need for transdisciplinary approaches capable of weaving the plurality of knowledge bodies involved in the governance of different resources. To fill this gap, Quantitative Story-Telling (QST) has been proposed as a science for adaptive governance approach that aims at fostering pluralistic and reflexive research processes to overcome narrow framings of water, energy, and food policies as independent domains. Yet, there are few practical applications of QST and most run on a pan-European scale. In this paper, we apply the theory of QST through a practical case study regarding non-conventional water sources as an innovation for water and agricultural governance in the Canary Islands. We present the methods mixed to mobilize different types of knowledge and analyze interconnections between water, energy, and food supply. First, we map and interview relevant knowledge holders to elicit narratives about the current and future roles of alternative water resources in the arid Canarian context. Second, we run a quantitative diagnosis of nexus interconnections related to the use of these resources for irrigation. This analysis provides feedback to the narratives in terms of constraints and uncertainties that might hamper the expectations posed on this innovation. Thirdly, the mixed analysis is used as fuel for discussion in participatory narrative assessment workshops. Our experimental QST process succeeded in co-creating new knowledge regarding the water–energy–food nexus while addressing some relational and epistemological uncertainties in the development of alternative water resources. Yet, the extent to which mainstream socio-technical imaginaries surrounding this innovation were transformed was rather limited. We conclude that the potential of QST within sustainability place-based research resides on its capacity to: (a) bridge different sources of knowledge, including local knowledge; (b) combine both qualitative and quantitative information regarding the sustainable use of local resources, and (c) co-create narratives on desirable and viable socio-technical pathways. Open questions remain as to how to effectively mobilize radically diverse knowledge systems in complex analytical exercises where everyone feels safe to participate.

Decentralized System of Greywater Recycling for Sustainable Urban Water Source (Case Study: Surakarta City-Indonesia)

2016 ◽  
Vol 845 ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
Siti Qomariyah
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategies ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Decentralized System ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Drainage Channels ◽  
Source Case ◽  
Alternative Water ◽  
The City

Fresh water resources have been depleted and polluted globally. Many developed countries have encouraged in using grey water recycling as an alternative water resource. Many developing countries are however very slow to adopt the need for the alternative. Surakarta City is the second largest city in Central Java Province, Indonesia. The city is experiencing in drought and flooding. Rivers and groundwater have been polluted as well. This paper recommended decentralized urban greywater management strategies with two greywater treatment systems i.e. Two-stage and Subsurface constructed wetland systems. The application of the systems could provide householders getting significant water saving, reducing the amount of wastewater entering the existing drainage channels, and improving surface and groundwater quality.

scholarly journals Multilingualism in Linguistic Landscape of Prishtina (Kosovo)

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 101-106
Author(s):  
Shkumbin Munishi Prishtina
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Abstract Language relations as manifestations of the phenomenon of multilingualism are also expressed in the area of the so-called linguistic landscape. Undoubtedly, the linguistic landscape not only reflects the use of languages in public space but at the same time reveals the depth of public perception of different languages, depending on their function and prestige. In this paper, I will treat Albanian, English and Serbian rapports through their coverage in the Pristina linguistic landscape, focusing on the use of these languages in advertising space in the city of Prishtina and in other tables that perform semiotic functions of indexes in this city. Likewise, within the reflection of the status planning of languages in Prishtina linguistic landscape, the use of Serbian in the official tables will be treated. This case study will also reflect the features of language policy and the impact of the globalization phenomenon in different languages. The results presented in this paper will reflect on the field research within a certain time span. The research has shown that in the Pristina linguistic landscape, in addition to the Albanian language, English has a dense use, while the use of Serbian is mostly limited to official charts i.e. names of the streets of the city and is not found in private advertisements tables.

Water resources protection today: end-of-pipe technology and cleaner production. Case study of the Czech Odra River watershed

2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 145-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Chour
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Waste Water Treatment ◽  
Pollution Abatement ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Cleaner Production ◽  
Odra River ◽  
Important Challenge ◽  
Treatment Technologies ◽  
Water Resources Protection

This paper reports on integrated watershed-based protection and sustainable use of water resources to increase the effectiveness of water pollution abatement. The approach includes improvements in end-of-pipe waste-water treatment technologies and implementation of Cleaner Production (CP) principles and policies within the watershed. An example of the general effectiveness of this approach is illustrated by the Czech Odra River Cleaner Production Project where reductions in pollution were achieved with improved industrial production. The CP theme is worth considering as an important challenge for the IWA.

scholarly journals Water security, metropolitan supply and climate change: some considerations concerning the Rio de Janeiro case

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Maria Formiga-Johnsson ◽  
Ana Lucia Britto
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Safe Drinking Water ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Access To Water ◽  
Current Water ◽  
Adequate Quantity

Abstract In this article the authors assess the current level of water security of the population of the Rio de Janeiro metropolis supplied by the Guandu System. It sets out from the premise that water security is only achieved when universal access to water is ensured - that is, when water resources are available, in adequate quantity and quality, along with water services that guarantee the human right to safe drinking water. Based on previous research, a review of the literature and official documents, it was possible to adapt and apply an analytic schema to the case study in order to evaluate the level of water security. The authors conclude that there are many risks associated with the water resources, including climate stressors, but it is the performance of the water supply service that most jeopardizes the current water security of the population of the Rio de Janeiro metropolis; the availability of water resources, both current and future, is not an obstacle to universal access to water.

scholarly journals Reclaiming Urban Space: A Study of Community Gardens in Poznań

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 131-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Maćkiewicz ◽  
Raúl Puente Asuero ◽  
Krystyna Pawlak
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Formation Process ◽  
Community Gardens ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Photographic Documentation ◽  
The City

Abstract In this paper, we discuss the presence of community gardens in urban spaces and the types of activities performed there, using the city of Poznań as a case study. First, based on interviews with representatives of selected non-governmental organisations, analyses of available Internet sources as well as our own field research, cartographic and photographic documentation, we identify community gardens in the space of the city and explore their formation process. In the course of our study we also concentrate on the type of garden location. In addition, we devote our attention to the gardens which have disappeared from the fabric of the city. Our study reveals that community gardens currently operating in Poznań are established in non-central locations. These gardens are scattered in various parts of the city. Only in the Łazarz district there are two community gardens. Most frequently, community gardens are established on plots between old blocks of flats and tenement houses. Two gardens are located on underdeveloped greenery near the Warta River and in two city parks. A detailed examination of the events held in the community gardens in the Łazarz district in the years 2014–2017 shows that they had a very diversified character. Both of them turned out to be multifunctional, i.e. hosted meetings devoted to agriculture and horticulture, environmental education, artistic events, DIY and recreation. However, the percentage of events in the structure of the meetings organised in the gardens differed considerably.

scholarly journals Política de combate dos efeitos da Seca no Semiárido Potiguar: o caso de Riacho do Sangue em Macaíba(RN), 2002-2010 / Policy to combat to effects of Drought in the Semiárido Potiguar: the case of Riacho do Sangue in Macaíba(RN), 2002-2010

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (45) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Suzete Câmara Da Silva Figueiredo ◽  
João Correia Saraiva Júnior ◽  
JONILSON DE SOUZA FIGUEIREDO
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Mild Form ◽  
Historical Processes ◽  
Politica Publica ◽  
Access To Water ◽  
Effects Of Drought ◽  
Natural Characteristics ◽  
Semi Arid

<p>O Rio Grande do Norte, juntamente com o Ceará e a Paraíba são os estados que detêm o maior percentual de área no semiárido. No Rio Grande do Norte-RN, apenas 20 municípios não pertencem a esta região. Os processos históricos de degradação em consonância às características naturais levam a um quadro de atenção no semiárido potiguar, cujas políticas públicas são importantes no controle e mitigação desses efeitos. Pretende-se, portanto, analisar a Política de Combate dos efeitos da Seca no Semiárido Potiguar, para compreender de que forma esta política se territorializa e se esse processo de fato ocorre, por meio de um estudo exploratório, via delineamentos bibliográfico e documental, subsidiado por estudo de caso em Riacho do Sangue, Macaíba/RN. Os resultados apontam que em Riacho do Sangue essa política não é territorial e os programas PCPR I e PCPR II conseguiram apenas alcançar uma de suas metas: promover o acesso a água a população e mitigar os efeitos da seca de forma branda.</p><p><strong>P</strong><strong>alavras-chave:</strong> Política Pública, Semiárido Potiguar, PCPR I, PCPR II.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Abstract </strong></p><p>The Rio Grande do Norte, along with Ceará and Paraíba States which have the highest percentage of area in the semi-arid. In Rio Grande do Norte-RN, only 20 municipalities do not belong to this region. The historical processes of degradation in keeping natural characteristics lead to a framework for attention in the semi-arid potiguar, whose public policies are important in the control and mitigation of those effects. It is intended, therefore, to analyse the policy to combat the effects of drought in the Semi-arid Potiguar, to understand how this policy if territorializa and if this process actually occurs by means of an exploratory study, via bibliographic and documentary delineations, subsidized by case study in Riacho do Sangue, Macaíba/RN. The indicator results in Riacho do Sangue that is not territorial political and programs get to reach only PCPR I and PCPR II one of its goals: to promote access to water for population and to mitigate the effects of drought in mild form.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Public Policy, Semiárido Potiguar, PCPR I, PCPR II.<strong> </strong></p>

scholarly journals COMPONENTS OF NON REVENUE WATER; ITS MANAGEMENT AS A TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES; A CASE STUDY OF DOKA DISTRICT, KADUNA NORTH LGA

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-56
Author(s):  
Ajoge N. ◽  
◽  
Muhammad N. ◽  
Ugwu J. ◽  
Zayyanu S. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
World Population ◽  
Water Demands ◽  
Severe Water Stress ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Non Revenue Water ◽  
The Difference

Non-revenue water (NRW) is the difference between net water inputs in the distribution system and billed authorized consumption. Water resources are under stress due to growing population and climate change making a shift towards the implementation of non-revenue water reduction strategies in most countries worldwide (Kanakoudis and Muhammetoglu, 2014). It is expected that by 2030, 47 % of the world population will live in regions with severe water stress (González-gómez, García-rubio and Guardiola, 2015). The increase in water demand coupled with Non-Revenue Water (NRW) is causing a challenge in meeting water demands for all competing uses of water; hence the need to assess the management of non-revenue water in Doka district of Kaduna North LGA. In assessing the existing situation and the management strategies to minimize non-revenue water in the Doka district questionnaires and Key Informant Interviews (KII) were administered using purposive sampling. Results show that plumbing materials to fix bursts and leakages which contribute highly to NRW are inadequate to the tune of about 70%. There should be a proactive programme of constantly reviewing the basis for estimation of bills for customers who are currently not metered to improve the accuracy of these estimates while efforts should be made to complete the metering of all customers.

scholarly journals Local water resource management through stakeholder participation: case study, arid region, India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Sheth ◽  
M. Iyer
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Arid Region ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Stakeholder Participation ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Local Water Resource ◽  
The City

Abstract Access to clean water is important for socio-economic development worldwide. Bhuj, in an arid region in Gujarat State in India, has an ancient and unique water resource management system. The city's visionary king developed a catchment system of lakes so that, despite minimal rainfall and frequent droughts, sufficient water could be stored to sustain the city for around 300 years. However, over the years, with rapid urbanization and the introduction of a piped water supply, this ancient supply system was abandoned and was not maintained well. As a result, the city's water resources became polluted and defunct, which forced it to depend on distant water sources. This study shows how the city's water management strategies changed before independence (1947), and pre-earthquake (1947–2001) and post-earthquake (2001 to present). The paper mainly documents how the city's own water resources can be managed successfully by following the concepts of IUWM through effective stakeholder participation, to make the city water-secure.

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