Os recursos hídricos constituem um dos elementos mais acentuados na discussão das questões ambientais colocando-se como um dos principais desafios a serem encarados pela humanidade no século XXI. Esta pesquisa verifica o atual momento de seca vivido no Nordeste remetendo a uma conscientização do uso devido dos recursos hídricos propondo a existência de uma gestão dos recursos hídricos ser de fundamental importância na preservação dos mesmos. Apresenta como objetivo geral analisar a gestão dos recursos hídricos no município de Jaicós no Estado do Piauí visando avaliar os procedimentos que estão sendo tomados para a conservação, distribuição e organização destes recursos disponíveis, fornecidos pelo poder público através de preceitos éticos. Expõem sobre a gestão dos recursos hídricos no município de Jaicós no Estado do Piauí discorrendo sobre os efeitos que a má gestão dos poderes públicos acomete no município quanto à questão da gestão. Justifica-se a necessidade de estudos que avaliem a disponibilidade e a demanda hídrica dentro de uma perspectiva de sustentabilidade na utilização deste recurso, valendo-se do estímulo decorrente da criação de um novo arcabouço legal que dá suporte à gestão dos recursos hídricos pautados nos preceitos éticos. Menciona ao concluir a pesquisa que o que mais falta às nossas cidades, inclusive Jaicós, não é água, mas sim determinado padrão cultural que ajunte ética e melhore a eficiência do desempenho político dos governos, da sociedade organizada e das ações públicas e privadas, responsáveis que são por agenciar o desenvolvimento econômico em geral e a proteção da água doce, em particular. / Water resources constitute one of the most accentuated elements in the discussion of environmental issues being placed as one of the main challenges to be faced by humanity in the 21st century. This research looks at the current moment of drought that is being experienced in the Northeast remitting to an awareness raising about the proper use of water resources and to a proposal that the existence of a management of the water resources is of fundamental importance to the preservation of these. It presents as a general goal the analysis of the management of water resources in the municipality of Jaicós in the state of Piauí aiming to evaluate the procedures which are being implemented for the conservation, distribution and organization of the available resources, furnished by the public power through ethical precepts. It presents the management of the water resources in the municipality of Jaicós in the state of Piauí discoursing about the effects which a bad management of the public powers have on the municipality related to the issue of management. The need for studies which evaluate the water availability and demands within a perspective of sustainability in the use of this resource is justified making use of the stimulus resulting from the creation of a new legal framework which supports the management of water resources based on ethical principles. The research mentions at the end that what is lacking in most of our cities, including in Jaicós, is not water but a certain cultural pattern which adds in ethics and improves the efficiency of the political work of the governments, of organized society and of public and private actions, since they are responsible for managing the economic development in general and the protection of potable water in particular.

In this study, we examined the extent to which global warming management is currently integrated into the European Water Framework Directive (WFD), the central legal framework for water management in the EU. We focused on the Elbe River Basin District and how global warming is addressed in its water management. We used the social–ecological systems (SES) approach as our theoretical framework, representing an eminent analytical frame of biosphere-based sustainability science. In our study, we analysed core characteristics of SES in the context of global warming to evaluate the effectiveness of current water management in the Elbe River basin concerning long-term changing climate conditions. To determine to what extent each SES feature is considered in the Elbe water management, we applied a scale of 1 to 5. Our results show that the SES feature “scale and openness” is best addressed (score 4.0) by the Elbe River basin management, followed by “context dependency” (score 3.9); however, “non-linearity, uncertainty, unpredictability” (score 3.2), “self-organisation and adaptability” (score 3.1), and “dynamics” (score 3.0) have only moderate impacts. SES features can only be considered comprehensively if global warming is accounted for in an integrated way at a European level. In order to ensure effective implementation, explicit regulations and legally binding obligations are most likely required.