Diagnóstico do processo de outorga das águas subterrâneas no estado do Amapá: proposta de melhorias na gestão

Abstract

The granting of the right to use water resources is an instrument of water resources policy, and its implementation was effective in the State of Amapá in 2017, with the publication of resolutions by the State Water Resources Council that established the criteria for issuing the grant to use resources and the declaration of exemption from the grant. Based on these resolutions, procedural criteria were established to be used to request and analyze the processes for granting the right to use water resources. These criteria were guided by SEMA Ordinance No. 073/2020. Based on the analysis of the information contained in the processes, a high rate of processes with notifications of pending issues, whether technical or documentary, was noted. Given this scenario, the question arose: how does the groundwater granting process work in the State of Amapá and how can it be optimized? Thus, the general objective of this research was to evaluate the procedures for granting groundwater in Amapá, proposing improvements for its management. To achieve this objective, a survey of regulations in the Brazilian states was initiated in order to verify the legal basis for granting in these states, with the possibility of bringing good practices to the state of Amapá, in addition to the survey of data on the granting processes processed and approved in the period from January 2018 to December 2022. As a result, the information collected in the legislation as well as the technical analyses of the processes served as a basis for the proposal of specific forms for requests for granting the right to use underground collection, aiming at a real picture of the water demand for groundwater and thus being able to have a more efficient management of water resources in a transparent and real way.