As águas subterrâneas na gestão dos recursos hídricos na bacia hidrográfica do rio Curu - CE

Abstract

The management of water resources should promote integration of actions between groundwater and surface water, if necessary, for this, the use of legal instruments to promote rational and strategic water management. The study sought to investigate the role of groundwater in the Management of Water Resources in River Basin Curu, on use and grant’s application, and the granted well’s distribution in function of the hydrogeological systems. We evaluate the number and of granted wells outflow from of data of the Water Resource Company (COGERH). To investigate the occurrence and distribution of wells granted with respect to hydrogeological systems based in lithologic map of the Resource Mineral Research Company (CPRM). We evidence a little grant application in groundwater. In addition, it was found that the largest volume of groundwater in grants (57%) is intended for irrigation activity.