Social Importance and Environmental Changes of Urban Springs of the City of Queimados, Brazil

Authors

  • Marcos Pires Mendes Faculdade de Educação Tecnológica do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAETERJ), campus Paracambi.
  • José Anunciação Gonçalves FAETERJ, campus Paracambi.
  • Michelle Fernanda dos Santos Oliveira FAETERJ, campus Paracambi.
  • Sínthia da Fonseca Silva FAETERJ, campus Paracambi.
  • Franziska Huber FAETERJ, campus Paracambi.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19180/2177-4560.v12n22018p234-247

Keywords:

Water users, Public health, Estimation

Abstract

Water is indispensable to meet the basic needs of living beings, which makes scarcity somewhat alarming. This study aims to estimate the population that uses water from urban springs, understanding that this runs greater risks of water insecurity. It was made a diagnostic evaluation of the environmental characteristics of the springs and semi-structured interviews with the resident users to collect data. Each spring presented particularities, with individual detail in this study. As for the estimation of social importance, only 0.4% of the population of Queimados still uses spring water, which shows a decline in social importance. Of the remaining users, 511 are at risk of contamination.

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Author Biographies

  • Marcos Pires Mendes, Faculdade de Educação Tecnológica do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAETERJ), campus Paracambi.
    Tecnólogo em Gestão Ambiental (FAETERJ/ Paracambi).
  • José Anunciação Gonçalves, FAETERJ, campus Paracambi.
    Tecnólogo em Gestão Ambiental (FAETERJ/Paracambi).
  • Michelle Fernanda dos Santos Oliveira, FAETERJ, campus Paracambi.
    Tecnóloga em Gestão Ambiental (FAETERJ/Paracambi).
  • Sínthia da Fonseca Silva, FAETERJ, campus Paracambi.
    Tecnóloga em Gestão Ambiental (FAETERJ/Paracambi).
  • Franziska Huber, FAETERJ, campus Paracambi.
    Doutorado em Ciências veterinárias (UFRJ)

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Published

31-12-2018

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2018)

Section

Original articles

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Social Importance and Environmental Changes of Urban Springs of the City of Queimados, Brazil. Boletim do Observatório Ambiental Alberto Ribeiro Lamego, [S. l.], v. 12, n. 2, p. 234–247, 2018. DOI: 10.19180/2177-4560.v12n22018p234-247. Disponível em: https://editoraessentia.iff.edu.br/index.php/boletim/article/view/10050.. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.