Basic sanitation corresponds to the set of public drinking water supply services, collection, treatment and adequate final disposal of sanitary sewage, drainage and management of urban rainwater, besides urban cleaning and solid waste management is governed by Federal Law 11.445 / 07 (Federal Basic Sanitation Law). The World Health Organization (WHO) defines sanitation as a control of physical factors that can cause harmful effects on the human being, be it physical, mental or social well-being. The objective of this study is to present a context about the topic of legislation in Brazil, as well as theories addressed by researchers in order to better discuss and understand the theme. Thus, we sought to demonstrate and present the Brazilian reality through the deductive method and the documentary and bibliographic research technique, based on data collected by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in its National Household Sample Survey ( PNAD), carried out in the period from 2005 to 2015, in which there was a need for Management focused on the problem, given the presentation of alarming numbers.

Water scarcity is a growing problem and is already affecting the entire planet, which is worsening in semi-arid regions. Thus the main objective of this research was to verify the water consumption situation and the perception of the settlers regarding the water issue in the Santa Mônica settlement, located in the rural area of the municipality of Pombal, in the upper Sertão of Paraíba. As a result it was possible to identify that, despite the good housing with which they were contemplated, there is no type of education and health structure, and no water source within the settlement. Residents are mostly fueled by caravans and do not trust the quality of this water, but do not take care to treat it before consuming. Its average daily consumption is approximately 70 to 93 liters per person, which indicates consumption below what is suggested by the UN, in order to meet the basic needs of an individual. This situation becomes even more worrying, when analyzed the fact that these people are unable to carry out their main activities, which are agriculture and animal husbandry, since they are totally dependent on water.

This article aims to analyze the public policy of the creation of floodplains Irrigated Perimeter Várzeas de Sousa-PB (PIVAS) and power relations involving farmers and entrepreneurs. The waterbuck is located between the municipalities of Sousa and Aparecida, in the middle region of the Hinterland of the State of Paraiba, featuring as a major socio-economic importance of the project for the region, adopting the trend of new regional production areas, constituting an initiative of the State Government Paraíba in conjunction with the local political power in order to boost agricultural and agro-industrial activities in the State of the hinterland. The methodology was a bibliographical study based on literature on public policies, with qualitative and descriptive approach. From what has been reported it can be seen that the project would initially focused on business production was distributed among peasants who ended up adapting the idea of agribusiness imposed by the business model.

With the informatization of companies and consequently with the arrival of Management Information Systems, greater control of business activities is possible, but not all companies use the system as a unique tool for management. In this way spreadsheets appear, which became great allies in this process of management and decision making. Thus, the present article aims to identify the importance of spreadsheets as administrative tools and to elaborate examples of its applications for the organization of the study. For methodological purposes, the bibliographic research was used, addressing the main concepts on the subject, and a case study that together resulted in the creation of solutions through spreadsheets. With this study, it was possible to show how spreadsheets are important for data control, which simplifies the information transformation process, considerably helping to control the flow of information occurring in the specific business environment, and with that, increases the manager's power to make decisions.

Objetivou-se realizar uma simulação integrada nos reservatórios Engenheiro Ávidos e São Gonçalo, localizados, na Sub-bacia do Alto Piranhas no Estado da Paraíba, utilizando o modelo de rede de fluxo Acquanet. Utilizou-se o modelo tipo transformação chuva-vazão SMAP (Soil Moisture Accounting Procedure) para complementar a série de vazões naturais no período de 2010 a 2016. Assim a simulação realizada considerou uma série histórica de 1962 a 2016, com um cenário futuro onde foram adotados valores das demandas projetadas para o ano de 2032. Analisando a parte operacional dos reservatórios foi observado, no período simulado, que os mesmos atingiram seu volume máximo em muitos meses; na maioria dos períodos o volume meta foi respeitado; o volume mínimo foi atingido em alguns momentos devido aos baixos índices pluviométricos, fato que se intensificou nos últimos anos. Quanto às demandas, o abastecimento humano e dessedentação apresentaram confiabilidade acima dos 90%, já para a irrigação e indústria, o número de falhas foi maior. No cenário futuro, os resultados tiveram uma representação diferente, em poucos momentos chegaram ao volume máximo, por muitos meses operaram no volume mínimo, não conseguindo atender ao requerimento operacional do volume meta, e consequentemente o atendimento às demandas também não foi satisfatório. As falhas ocorreram no abastecimento humano e animal nos dois reservatórios, onde a confiabilidade ficou acima de 70%, e as demandas irrigação e indústria apresentaram um grande déficit de atendimento.