2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.09.022
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Governance and water security: The role of the water institutional framework in the 2013–15 water crisis in São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract: Between 2013 and 2015, São Paulo experienced a major drought. With drinking water reservoirs reduced to 5% of their capacity, the water supply company, SABESP, implemented measures to reduce household water consumption, while the Government of São Paulo State overruled watershed committees to prioritize the supply of water to SABESP. While attention centered on freak meteorological conditions, the management of water resources and water services also played a role; in particular the conversion of SABESP from a… Show more

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“…Additionally, the reservoir water quality is also affected by untreated sewage disposal. The drainage basin of the Tietê River is one of the most industrialized and highly populated areas in Brazil, with critical water-quality issues [47][48][49][50][51]. Moreover, the Tietê River receives crude sewage from São Paulo city, the largest metropolitan city of South America.…”
Section: Study Areamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Additionally, the reservoir water quality is also affected by untreated sewage disposal. The drainage basin of the Tietê River is one of the most industrialized and highly populated areas in Brazil, with critical water-quality issues [47][48][49][50][51]. Moreover, the Tietê River receives crude sewage from São Paulo city, the largest metropolitan city of South America.…”
Section: Study Areamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Urbanization is further altering regional climate patterns – for instance increasing the magnitude and recurrence of extreme precipitation events in large urban areas in China (Li et al, 2019). Climate hazards will drive water scarcity due to physical shortage, or scarcity in access due to the failure of institutions to ensure a regular supply or because of a lack of adequate infrastructure (Empinotti et al, 2019).…”
Section: New Insightsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition to the various goals of water security, scholars have argued that extra attention should be paid to directions as to how these goals can be achieved (Empinotti et al, 2019). These scholars focus on hydro-social and hydro-political relations through which access to water is navigated and transformed (Jepson et al, 2017;Loftus, 2015).…”
Section: The Conceptualization Of Water Security: Diversity Practicamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This traditional conceptualization has led to the prevalence of technocratic framing and assessment of water security over the past two decades, which have mainly considered disturbances of external drivers (e.g., climate change and population growth) and infrastructural responses (e.g., reservoirs and water supply technologies). However, a growing number of studies have pointed out that water security should not be approached only through engineering measures; it involves complex and uncertain social-political relationships in which multifarious actors reorganize the way water is distributed, utilized and transformed (Empinotti, Budds, & Aversa, 2019;Jepson et al, 2017;Loftus, 2015;Swyngedouw, 2004). In this sense, water security is not only an issue of scarcity, to be addressed by technocratic advancement in provision, but also a process of contestation and coordination embedded in hydro-political and hydro-social interactions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%