Aspectos metodológicos do processo de enquadramento dos corpos de água da bacia hidrográfica do Rio Piracicaba

Abstract

The management of water resources has been applied in Brazil, since the Water Code of 1934, however, only in 1997 with the enactment of the Federal Law No. 9,433 the management tools were introduced. We established six instruments of management, in which two are meant for planning the uses of the waters, being the framework of water bodies, one of these instruments and the study discussed in this monograph. Water QualityObjectives/Standardsin is important to establish quality objectives and ensure users the necessary quality of service to its uses. The choice for systematizing the process of Water QualityObjectives/Standardsfrom Piracicaba's basin river due to the methodology adopted in the 90s andfor its update, which was based on the resolution of the National Water Resources n. º 91 of 5 November 2008, current legislation procedures for establishing the Water QualityObjectives/Standards. This analysing work was based on various literature sources, among them institutional documents of the National Water Agency (ANA) and the Mining Institute of Water Management (IGAM), always seeking to identify aspects that could contribute in some way for the improvement of their models.