01704naa a2200229 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000250006024500640008526000090014930000160015849000290017450001140020352009340031765000100125165000250126165000210128665300110130770000220131870000230134077301110136315642822025-04-29       2001    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aFREITAS, M. A. V. de  aThe state of water in Brazil - 1999.h[electronic resource]  c2001  ap. 145-149.  a(IAHS Publication, 272).  aTrabalhos apresentados no Interanational Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management, 2000, Davis, Ca.  aAbstract: Brazil 's water Supply is about 187 170 m3 s-1, which means an annual volume of 5744 km3. However, the resource is distributed unevenly throughout the country. The East Atlantic Basin, for example, can supply only 1835 m3 year-1 per person, while the Amazon Basin can supply 628 938m3 year-1 per person. Because conflicts involving water are becoming frequent in some areas of the country, the government is strucruring a National System of Water Resources. Up-to-date information is a fundamental part of the process and, consequently, the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (ANEEL), in cooperation with other institutions, has published The State of Water in Brazil (1999), a book surveying the water resources of the country. The main objective of this paper is to provide information about the present state or water resources in Brazil, including political, social, economic, environmental and technical data.  aÁgua  aPolíticas Públicas  aRecurso Hídrico  aBrasil1 aLIMA, J. E. F. W.1 aFERREIRA, R. S. A.  tIn: MARINO, M. A.; SIMONOVIC, S. P. (Ed.). Integrated water resources management. Wallingford: IAHS, 2001.