TCU recently recommended that the federal government strengthen the development of a national drought policy based on risk management by formalizing related activities and defining their objectives actions responsibilities and deadlines. in recent year parts of brazil have started to face more frequent scenarios of severe water scarcity. in 2012 and 2013 the northeastern semiarrid region went through a " 100-year drought" and, in several places in the southeast 2014 was the driest year on record.