#TáFaltandoÁgua: cidadania, vigilância civil e a produção de dados independentes

Abstract

The article discusses and analyzes the Tá Faltando Água app, which aims to generate independent data on São Paulo's water crisis employing a logic of collaboration among citizens, which would share geolocated information on the lack of water in their homes. Placing the initiative within a broader phenomenon of civilian oversight that has gained strength in recent years, we highlight the issue of distrust of official information, as well as aspects of the water issue, features of the dynamic of independent data generation and some of the barriers and challenges involved in such a process, especially the tension between the political and utilitarian characters, the social mobilization and the credibility of the information generated.