Qualidade de água da bacia do APA do Guariroba após a implementação do plano de manejo

Abstract

Water supply has been an important topic in the world, as well as the world’s fauna and flora preservation. Thus, considering this and the recovery of river springs, this study aimed at elucidating elementary knowledge about the management plan implementation at Guariroba Environmental Protection Area (APA). The data used were provided by Águas Guariroba, the responsible company for distributing water in Mato Grosso do Sul State. The data, including graphs and tables, were tabulated and presented using Excel, in which trends in values of the Water Quality Index were obtained. In addition, we compared the obtained value with the ones presented in CONAMA Resolution 357 and CECA Deliberation 36/12. We concluded that the vast majority of the data obtained met these two norms, which corroborates the hypothesis that there was an improvement in water quality after the implementation of the management plan at Guariroba APA. I hope our results can be a useful resource for a possible starting point for more complex future work, referring to water quality at this APA, and for a more efficient application of its management plan for the treatment, recovery, and preservation of this area.