Sustainability Indicators for Water Security Management in Watersheds

Amid increasing urbanization and the significant increase in urban agglomerations, the Watersheds have been widely affected. In metropolitan regions, such as Campinas (RMC), population growth and demographic densification are a result of industrialization and water availability, which makes the Hydrographic Basins of these surroundings increasingly committed to supplying the surrounding communities, either by quantity, water quality, among other factors. In this sense, the objective of this research is to analyze a set of water security indicators to support the management of water resources in the Piracicaba, Capivari, and Jundiai River Basins (PCJ Watersheds), considering the dimensions of Water Security as a reference, according to the National Plan of Safety, in line with the System of Sustainability Indicators Driving Force-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR). In this research, it is expected to deepen the knowledge on sustainability indicators for water security in Hydrographic Basins, and for that, it is necessary to verify which indicators contribute to the management of water resources, according to the dimensions of Water Security, pre-established by the National Water Security Plan. The choice of the object of study is justified, as the PCJ Hydrographic Basins are located in a strategic territory from an economic and political point of view. As a result, the study of sustainability indicators contributes to better water security management in PCJ Watersheds, enabling the replication of the study in other Hydrographic Basins.