Resumo:
More than 66% of the territory of the State of Bahia is situated in the semi-arid climate zone. In this region, rainfall is irregular and most of the population depends on animal husbandry and agriculture to survive. Water scarcity coupled with the fragility of the water resource manage-ment system generates a series of conflicts over the use of water in the state. Rainwater storage presents itself as one of the solutions to the problem of water scarcity, allowing coexistence with drought. The present work aims to identify the existence of social technologies for the use of rain-water in the Salitre River Basin, in the semi-arid region of Bahia, as mitigation measures for the effects of drought. Data from the Brazilian Semiarid Articulation (ASA), the National Semi-Arid Institute (INSA) and the Ministry of Social Development (MDS) were used through the SIG-CIS-TERNAS system. The results showed that the main social technologies for the utilization of rain-water used in the Salitre River Basin are mainly focused on agricultural production and the watering of animals.
