Aspectos da qualidade da água usada na produção de hortaliças em Gramorezinho, Natal/RN

Abstract

The Lagoa Azul district, specifically Gramorezinho and other locations, there is the lettuce cultivation activity, cauliflower, green onions, cassava, and the creation of small harbor animals. Durantes several years to increase production of vegetables reconciled to this activity the use of fertilizer with pesticides, which in turn contributed to deterioration of water quality. It also highlights the contribution of the use of process and disorderly occupation and concomitant poor sanitation with a non sensitized on environmental issues population, which focused on several illegal connections of domestic sewage with final destination the ponds and the river. Given the above, this study aims to diagnose the quality of water used for irrigation of vegetables in Gramorezinho site community and town through secondary data of physical, chemical and microbiological parameters in order to evaluate possible mitigation measures for the current quality status the water used for irrigation. The methodology of work considered the literature. From the results it can be concluded that the set of seamlessly actions are needed to ensure that water resources, Rio Doce and lakes, and agricultural activity in question can be preserved while maintaining its health and environmental quality.