HYDROLOGICAL INFORMATION DEPARTMENT (HID)

The Hydrological Information Department is accountable for the management of the basic hydro-meteorological information network in the country . It is responsible for the Hydrological Information System (HIS), where data and information from the basic hydro-meteorological network is made available for the water users. The HID is also responsible for carrying out hydrological studies that meet the needs of the National Water Agency as well as other organizations. The Water Information System plays a major role on providing support information for the formulation, approval, implementation, monitoring and actualization of the River Basin Plans.

MAIN PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS

The water warning system for the Doce river and the Sapucaí river is a partnership between ANA and IGAM, the water management body of Mians Gerais State. It aims at providing an early warning on flood risks so as to minimize its loses and socio-economic impacts in the affected regions. 

HIBAM is an international scientific project that involves Brazil, Equator, Bolivia and France in a joint venture aiming at studying the Amazon Basin's hydrological and geochemical aspects.

The Hydro-Web is the hydrological information system from. It provides access to information originated by the Telemetric Stations as well as to data that is being generated through daily satellite monitoring of the water bodies in Brazil.

ANA operates de national hydrometeorological web and collects relevant information thas is made available to all stakeholders of the National Water Management System. Here you will find the maps from the National Hydro Meteorological Network with their respective descriptive tables by state.