Providing technical and executive support to watershed committees: an analysis of different setups to the Guaíba Region - RS

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Water Resources Management, Finance sustainability, Water Agency

Abstract

The Water Agencies were conceived to perform the function of executive secretariat and technical support to the basin committees. Some bottlenecks faced by water resources management in Brazil include the lack of support to the committees and the lack of financial sustainability. This paper aims to study the dimensioning of executive and technical support structures to the basin committees of the Guaíba Hydrographic Region (RS) and to evaluate how the costs vary according to different possibilities of organizational arrangements. The methodology had a documentary research stage and the use of the KPMG (2018) costing methodology. The results point to the need to prioritize actions, economies of scale and finance solidarity. It was concluded that it is possible to have a support structure for the basin committees in the region with financial sustainability.

Author Biographies

Guilherme Fernandes Marques, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS

Prof. Guilherme Marques has expertise in the development and application of systems analysis tools to water resources planning and management. The focus is on finding solutions to improve adaptation capacity of water systems, addressing operational and economic efficiency under uncertainty.

Prof. Guilherme has participated and coordinated both research and consultation projects involving collaboration in Brazil, Chile, United States, Kenya, France a Canada. Field of work and interest includes modelling large-scale water systems for decision support on planning and management, including hydro-economics, conjunctive use of surface and groundwater, reservoir operation, hydropower optimization and application of optimization theory and methods to water and environmental problems.

Rosa Maria Formiga-Johnsson, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ

possui graduação em Engenharia Civil (1987) pela Universidade Federal de Goiás, mestrado (1992) e doutorado (1998) em ciências e técnicas ambientais pela Université de Paris XII, França. Atualmente é professora adjunta da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ (Departamento de Engenharia Sanitária e do Meio Ambiente) e Diretora de Gestão das Águas e do Território do INEA (Instituto Estadual do Ambiente, Rio de Janeiro). Tem atuado na área de política, planejamento e gestão das águas, gestão participativa de bacias hidrográficas, economia de recursos hídricos, gestão ambiental, planejamento territorial, gestão integrada de risco de desastres naturais e mudanças climáticas globais/vulnerabilidade e adaptação. 

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Published

2023-01-01

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Vol. 20 No. 2023 (2023): Water Management Journal in Latin America - REGA - ISSN 2359-1919

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Novel Articles

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