Município e gestão do território: os impactos da 2ª etapa da UHE nas ações locais de abastecimento de água em Tucuruí (PA)

Abstract

The water problems involves two main questions: on one side we have the need for water in the process of survival and continuity of humanity, and on the other, the growing of nature as a commoditie, In places with bigger population growth and intensive e diversified use of hydric resources, like the industrial regions of central countries and countries like Brazil, the scarcity of water becomes more evident each day. The irregular distribution of hydric resources increases even more the water problem. Wanting to help in this discussion, we have used the town of Tucuruí, place of deep social and spatial transformations, due to the construction and subsequent increase of the Hydroelectric Power Plant of Tucuruí, on the 70´s and 80´s of the XX century. We try to understand what role the County Administration had in the public structure of management regarding the hydric resources, using as an example the network of water supply and the many uses for water in the city of Tucuruí. This analysis will center in the role played by the municipality in the management of the territory after the effects of the second phase of the construction of the Hydroelectric Power Plant of Tucuruí.