The research aimed to analyze the water distribution and supply policy in Darcinópolis-TO, highlighting its free of charge and how it is distributed to city dwellers. The distribution of water comes to everyone free of charge in Darcinópolis, since its foundation, that is, residents have the privilege of not paying tariffs for water consumption, on the other hand, this has been generating a great waste of water. To start the work, water-related readings were carried out in Brazil and in the world, photographic records of the water tank and artesian well in the city, participation in a walk to raise awareness of the use of water, then to qualify the research, a semistructured questionnaire was used applied to the residents of Darcinópolis, consumers of the free water policy; in addition to interviews with politicians, and municipal water-related officials. Having as some of the specific objectives, such as the process of free water in the municipality, and making sure the population is aware of the importance of the natural resource, in this way the interviews with residents were open, aiming to obtain the opinion / contribution of each resident interviewed. The results of the research were enlightening, and positive in that, in the opinion of 90% respondents, the city needs to establish a way to raise awareness among the population, through water use controls, or impose fines on homes that have water consumption. excessive, so it will not harm poor families in the municipality
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