Percepção de munícipes e da administração pública acerca dos recursos hídricos: estudo de caso na cidade de Missal - PR

Abstract

The water crisis is a real problem that affects the whole society. Society, which is directly dependent on water resources and at the same time responsible for its scarcity and quality reduction. The present work sought to understand the environmental perception about water resources in a small town in western Paraná, Missal, which has agriculture as the main activity of the economic sector. For this, a survey was carried out through a structured questionnaire, made available for fifteen days to all citizens. In all, there were 115 answers, which have shown the most fragile aspects of the perception and habits of citizens with regard to available water resources. It’s been evident that more specific questions had a higher percentage of uncertain answers. Almost 90% of the participants believe that the water they consume has a lot of influence on their health and, even so, approximately 11% do not see any river in the municipality often, and more than 20% are not satisfied with the quality of the water they consume. From this conception, the data has been allocated in sector graphs and, later, analyzed and explored, in order to make feasible the implementation of strategies for environmental awareness and education, enabling an essential change in habits and public policies.