Agência Nacional de Águas Shares Data to Obtain Greater Control over National Hydric Resource Usage
 
 

Agência Nacional de Águas Shares Data to Obtain Greater Control over National Hydric Resource Usage

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The (National Water Agency), also known as ANA, is a Federal autarchy created in 2000 and associated with the environment ministry to manage Brazil’s National Hydric Resources Policy. This autonomous institution regulates river and lake water usage within the Union’s domain, guaranteeing sustainable usage, avoiding pollution and resource waste, and ensuring high-quality and sufficient water for current and future generations.

 
 

 
 

Challenges

A word from Agência Nacional de Águas

  • “Oracle Database, combined with geographic information from Oracle Spatial and analytical tools from Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, offers us an integrated and accurate vision of Brazil’s hydric resources to guarantee adequate use, preservation, and availability to future generations.” – Sérgio Augusto Barbosa, Information Management Superintendent, Agência Nacional de Águas

  • Adopt a robust database solution to store and guarantee the integrity of information and images for 180,000 river sections in Brazil managed within state and national domains
  • Obtain a geographic information tool to organize and store the country’s water usage data—maintained by the National Hydric Resources Information System (Sistema Nacional de Informações sobre Recursos Hídricos, SNIRH)
  • Integrate, treat, synchronize and disseminate data regarding water quality, quantity, usage, and other statistics generated by Brazil’s 26 states, the federal district, and the union
  • Consolidate data analysis to enhance the decision-making process

Solutions

Oracle Product and Services

  • Worked with Oracle Partner Unimix to adopt Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition to gather all data obtained by 4,622 stations—including statistics on 2,176 rivers, subterranean water, geology, biome, and political and administrative boundaries— in one trusted and secure database
  • Ensured centralized and synchronized management of information obtained by ANA and local managers in 26 states and the federal district to guarantee one database for the whole country
  • Associated SNIRH data with satellite and topographic map images administered by Oracle Spatial to enable the validation of hydric resource user registration
  • Utilized an analysis tool with updated, consistent, and precise information about reservoir levels to support decision-making in critical moments, such as floods and drought periods
  • Acquired greater knowledge regarding each watershed to allow better analysis and decisions on determining water usage rights for such uses as irrigation, public, or industrial provisioning
  • Won Oracle’s annual EcoEmpresa 2010 Award

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