Public Policies and Environmental Management for the Conservation of Water Resources: Reflections on the Hydrical Crisis in Minas Gerais

Abstract

This study aims to identify the municipalities of Minas Gerais with water crisis and to analyze the main measures for the environmental management of water resources. In different parts of the world, access to this natural good already shows serious concerns, whether for the availability or the way it is distributed. There is poorly planned use of them. The research was developed under the framework of journalistic articles, reports, interviews about the cities that declared an emergency situation, listing which measures are being carried out by municipalities in a situation of water crisis. The actions promulgated by the mayors are immediate and punctual, as a rotation of supply, without building a long-term water resources management plan, there is a lack of municipal planning or a project to avoid decreeing public calamity or emergency due to lack of water. In this way, it is understood that territorial governance may be threatened, since the lack of long-term public policies compromises the territorial governance of municipalities, especially their natural resources.