A política nacional dos recursos hídricos na gestão da Companhia de Água e Esgoto da Paraíba-CAGEPA: entre a privatização e a governança

Abstract

The paper proposes an assessment of National Policy of Water Resources/PNRH based on the premise of the public character of water and his economic value to discuss the ownership of the public spaces and the opening of public management to social participation. This is a brief analysis of management tools Companhia de Águas e Esgotos da Paraíba (System Water Company’s Water and Sewerage Paraíba) (CAGEPA) and its actions in João Pessoa, in documentary and bibliographic research, as well as based on interviews with a manager of the company’s Board. PNRH in CAGEPA assessment will be considered from the effectiveness of its instruments in relation to the tools of control and conflict mediation environmental, economic and social, involving the State, civil society and the private sector.