Survey of sewage disposal points and bathers' perception of the Turiaçu River in the municipality of Santa Helena-MA

• Autor(a) principal: Pacheco, Carlos Wilker Souza
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Louzeiro, Hilton Costa, Sant’Anna, Mikele Candida Sousa de, Lopes, Danilo Francisco Corrêa, Rodrigues, Nubia Fernanda Marinho, Gomes, Paulo Roberto Barros, Souza, Rômicy Dermondes, Carvalho, Leandro Lima, Mouchrek Filho, Victor Elias, Mouchrek, Charbel Nagib, Almeida, Núbia Regia de, Araújo, Jaqueline Pereira de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/21704
• topic: Rio Turiaçú; balneabilidade; Locais de banho.; Balneabilidad; Río Turiaçú; Sitios de baño.; Balneability; Turiaçú River; Bathing places.

Balneability is an important parameter to ensure the quality of the river for recreational activities, being a tool that makes it possible to minimize risks to human health. The watershed of the Turiaçu River is important, since it crosses the municipality of Santa Helena and, as far as is known, there is no data related to Balneability in this municipality. Therefore, this work aimed to identify the bathing points and sewage dump on the banks of the Turiaçu river through in loco research. In addition, this work addresses a qualitative-quantitative research carried out with the population of the municipality of Santa Helena to identify the Balneability of the Turiaçu river. Eight bathing sites and three sewage disposal points were identified. Some bathing spots are close to sewage dump points, and, since people use bathing sites very often, monitoring programs for Biodegradability are necessary.