A (in) efetividade do atual modelo de outorga como instrumento de gestão dos recursos hídricos no Brasil

Abstract

The human concern with the environment is increasingly evident, and currently environmental issues are one of the few concerns that affect all nations. From the second half of the twentieth century emerged many efforts to protect the relationship between man and the environment, international meetings were extracted important principles of environmental law. In relation to water resources in the face of already verified shortages, conflicts worsen, which makes pressing the federal government for effective management. The Brazil enacted Law n. 9.433/1997, establishing the National Water Resources Policy, which includes the instrument of grant of rights to use water resources. This instrument has many good points, but lacks improvements as greater integration with other tools, greater uniformity in the application criteria and restructuring of the technical staff of water resource management agencies responsible for granting.