ABSTRACT
In this article, a documentary analysis of the National Water Resources Policy (Law no 9,433/1997), the Federal Sanitation Policy (Law no 11,445/2007), the National Civil Defense Policy (Law no 12,608/2012) was carried out to verify how the integration of those policies would contribute to the reduction of fatalities in such natural disasters. It was observed that the existing legislation is quite advanced, but the country lacks the supervision in the fulfillment of those laws to effectively reduce fatalities. Complementarily, it is necessary to create participatory instances and educational actions.
KEYWORDS
Basic sanitation; Drainage; Legislation; Disasters