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Water resources management is a key element of Brazil's strategy to promote sustainable growth and a more equitable and inclusive society. Brazil's achievements over the past 70 years have been closely linked to the development of hydraulic infrastructure for hydroelectric power generation and just recently to the development of irrigation infrastructure, especially in the Northeast region.
The main stakeholders in water management in MRSP are the state government, the state water and sanitation utility Sabesp and 35 municipal governments. A basin committee for the Alto Tietê basin, which supplies the other half of the water for the MRSP, brings together all stakeholders. The legal framework at the state level is based on two key ...
The NWRP aims to promote water as a resource with economic value and “creates structures for integrated governance of all water uses at the level of the hydrographic basin – river basin councils (RBCs) – that work in tandem with more traditional management such as municipal and state water and environmental agencies”. [24]
Boundaries of Brazil's jurisdictional waters, including the latest continental shelf claims. Brazil's jurisdictional waters (Portuguese: águas jurisdicionais brasileiras, AJB), also known as the Blue Amazon (Amazônia Azul), [a] are the riverine and oceanic spaces over which Brazil exerts some degree of jurisdiction over activities, persons, installations and natural resources through the ...
Das Rãs River; Ratones River; Real River (Brazil) Regame River; Reis Magos River; Represa Grande River; Riachão River (Bahia) Riacho River (Espírito Santo) Ribeira de Iguape River; Ribeira River (Paraíba) Ribeira River (Paraná) Ribeirão River (Araraduara River) Rio de Janeiro (Bahia) Riozinho River (Amazonas) Riozinho River (Braço Menor ...
Some officials in Brazil were determined to build a dam on a river with an average flow of 7,800 m 3 /s (275,454 cu ft/s) and at a site that offers a 87.5 m (287 ft) drop. One engineer said of the dam: "God only makes a place like Belo Monte once in a while.
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Map of India based on survey of rivers of India.. The Indian rivers interlinking project is a proposed large-scale civil engineering project that aims to effectively manage water resources in India by linking rivers using a network of reservoirs and canals to enhance irrigation and groundwater recharge and reduce persistent floods in some parts and water shortages in other parts of the country.