Proposta para procedimentos de vistoria de Projetos Produtor de Água: Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Camboriú - SC, Brasil

Santos, P.H.1 & Schwingel, P.R.1* (2017). Proposta para procedimentos de vistoria de Projetos Produtor de Água: Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Camboriú SC, Brasil . Braz. J. Aquat. Sci. Technol. 21(1). eISSN 1983-9057. DOI: 12.367/bjast.v21n1. The conservation of water is a subject that has worried the human being, assuming a vital character in the present time due to the scarcity of the water resource. The Water Producer Program (PPA) in Brazil is an initiative of the National Water Agency (ANA), created with the objective of reducing erosion and silting of water bodies in rural areas. The Water Producer Project (PA), adopting the Payment for Environmental Services (PSA), was created for the Camboriú River Basin (SC) in 2013. Voluntary adhesion to the project provides, through contracts, the protection of riparian forests and springs covered with native vegetation, protection of areas with native vegetation cover, restoration of degraded areas inside and outside riparian forests and springs. The financial benefits are paid to contractors after positive opinion of the surveys. In this way, procedures are necessary to ensure the technical credibility of the surveys. After analyzing the PA project in the Camboriú River Basin, the present study proposes: flow chart for surveys and reports; check list; photographic register; training and documentation required for surveys. The proposal certifies a quality standard for the PPAs, guaranteeing greater credibility and effectiveness of the projects and enabling their replication in Brazil and abroad. As a result, this article presents in a systematized way a proposal for the inspection procedure for Water Producers projects.