Reservoirs and River Basins Management: Exchange of Experience from Brazil, Portugal and Germany.
Günter Gunkel & Maria Sobral
Content
Topic 1
Environmental Management of Reservoirs and their Water Basins 1
Implementation of the water resources policies in Brazil and in Pernambuco
State
S. R. Silva, A. M. F. Sá & A. M. L. Barros 2
Management of environmental risks from multipurpose use of reservoirs in
semiarid areas of São Francisco River
M. C. Sobral, R. C. O. Carvalho & R. C. Figueiredo 14
Environmental management of a series of reservoirs in São Francisco River
operated by Hydro Electric Company of São Francisco (CHESF)
F. J. M. Lyra, S. B. M. Melo & R. F. C. Paes 27
Topic 2
Instruments for Management of Reservoirs and their River Basins 36
Instruments of public polices for environmental management of
hydrographic basins in Brazil
R. A. P. Braga 37
Progress and challenges for Tapacurá River Basin environmental
management in Pernambuco, Brazil
J. J. S. P. Cabral 54
Topic 3
Water Quality and Contamination Risk of Reservoirs 68
Participative water quality monitoring on Tapacurá River Basin,
Pernambuco, Brazil
P. T. R. Gusmão & R. A. P. Braga 69
Contamination and eutrophication risks of a reservoir in the semi-arid
zone: Reservoir Itaparica, Pernambuco/Bahia, BrazilG.
Gunkel 81
Monitoring of the water quality in Alguerve Reservoir, Guadiana River,
southern Portugal
M. M. Morais, A. M. Serafim, P. Pinto, A. Ilhéu & M. Ruivo 96
Topic 4
Public Participation in River Basin Management 113
Participative governance in complex projects
L. Vasconcelos 114
Experiences of a management committee in a
watershed: The case of the Ipojuca River, Northeast Brazil
E. T. A. Gomes 125
Socio-environmental issues of the conflict on the Alqueva Dam and the
public policies of water in Portugal
B. G. A. Veiga, L. M. G. Duarte & L. M. Vasconcelos 139
Social participation and resource management in Solimões River,
Amazônia, Brazil
S. N. Noda & H. Noda 149
Topic 5
Use of Geoinformation Processing in River Basin Management 159
Geoprocessing methods applied to the semi-arid Brazil
A. L. B. Candeias, J. R. Tavares Jr., H. L. Lopes & M. R. Barros 160
Monitoring of reservoirs using methods of remote sensing
B. Kleinschmit & A. Bahls 171
Topic 6
Use of Deposited Sediments in Reservoirs 181
The Três Marias Reservoir: A sink for sediments outcoming from over-
erosion of soils in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
R. Fonseca, F. J. A. S. Barriga, S. Theodoro, T. Canário & M. M. Morais 182
The use of geochemical soil and stream sediment data in the management
of river basins
A. M. Ferreira, M. M. Ferreira, P. Morgado, L. S. Pinto, V. G. Pereira
& M. S. Pinto 197
The use of accumulated sediments in the Tucuruí and Três Marias Dams to
recover degraded soils
S. H. Theodoro, R. M. Fonseca, F. J. A. S. Barriga & I. L. Maced 211
Topic 7
Land Use in Reservoirs Water Basins 226
Family agriculture in Brazilian semi-arid
M. M. Silva, A. L. Candeias, V. O. F. Silva & R. C. O. Carvalho 227
Environmental fate of agrochemicals: A case study in the Mae Sa Noi
watershed, Thailand
H. Ciglasch & M. Kaupenjohann 239
The development of tourisms in the sub-medium Sao Francisco River
Basin, Northeast Brazil
V. Selva 247
Bank filtration in margins of reservoirs and rivers as an efficient
technology to treat the water supply
M. L. Sens & R. L. Dalsasso 253
Application of the nutrient emission model MONERIS to the Upper Velhas
River Basin, Brazil
D. L. von Sperling & H. Behrendt 265