Utilização de lodo de estação de tratamento de água na produção de mudas de árvores com ocorrência no Cerrado

• Autor(a) principal: FIGUEIREDO NETO, Abner
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFG
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tde/618
• topic: Estação de Tratamento de água; Produção de mudas; Árvores nativas; Estação Tratament Água; Prod. mudas-uso-tratamento água;; Water Treatment Plant; Plants production; Native trees; CNPQ::ENGENHARIAS

Disposal of sludge from Water Treatment Plants (WTP) in the environment is very harmful and can cause deterioration of water supplies. Existing methods for treatment of waste produced in ETA are few applied because the costs involved with operation and maintenance. Several alternatives are suggested for the disposal of these wastes, including the application of sludge in agricultural soils can generate several benefits. In this work we evaluated the development of crops with different dosages of WTS (0%, 18.75%, 37.50%, 56.25%, 75%). The sludge used in the study was collected in the ETA Eng. Rodolfo José da Costa, located in Goiânia/GO, which is used in aluminum sulphate (Al2 (SO4) 3) as a primary coagulant. For the study we used five treatments (T1: 25% substrate, 75% land, 0% sludge, T2: 25% substrate, land 56.25%, 18.75% sludge, T3: 25% substrate, 37.50 % land, 37.50% sludge, T4: 25% substrate, land 18.75%, 56.25% sludge, T5: 25% substrate, 0% land, 75% sludget) for four species of native plants occurring in cerrado (Padu-de-óleo; Gonçalo-alves; Canafístula and Ipe-brando). We adopted the completely randomized design (CRD) with four repetitions, totaling 400 plants. The data collections were performed at 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 days after planting. Parameters such as the collar diameter, height, weight and chlorophyll were evaluated. Some relationships were used to determine the level of quality seedlings, as the ratio of shoot height and diameter of the collar, the relationship between height and dry weight of shoots and the ratio of dry weight of shoots and dry weight of roots. The largest number of dead individuals was found for Ipê-branco (Tabebuia roseo-alba), regardless of the treatment he underwent. The morphological parameters showed little variation among treatments. Compared to quality, some species showed the best 4 and subjected to treatment with 56.25% of sludge. In the treatments with higher amounts of sludge, the levels of nitrogen (N), potassium (K), calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) in leaves were reduced. It was found that the allocation of the WTS nursery can be an alternative available and also an economic advantage to commercial nurseries. It is expected not only to encourage the commercial use of residue in crops that require specific concentrations of metals such as aluminum, abundant in the mud, the greater concern is the environmental and ecological nature, as tons of waste are discarded altogether, causing pollution and occupation of space unnecessarily.