WATER QUALITY AND SELF-PURIFICATION POTENTIAL OF THE PARAGUAY RIVER, AFTER RELEASE OF URBAN EFFLUENTS
Streeter-Phelps; WQI, Pantanal.
The lack of sanitary sewage in Brazil has always been a topic that causes concern to society. In Cáceres-MT, the reality is no different. According to the Municipal Basic Sanitation Plan (PMSB) the Municipality has only 8.17% of effluent treatment, and many residents dispose of their domestic sewage in septic tanks or in urban streams, clandestinely and in natura. In this scenario, this research aimed to determine the self-purification capacity of the Paraguay River, in the city of Cáceres, in areas of interest (raw water collection from the city) in order to find out if the organic loads and water quality are suitable for collection . To carry out this research, we are using a quali-quantitative approach to measure organic loads and water quality variables. Every month, for a year, water samples are being collected at six points on the Paraguay River, one of them being the mouth of the Sangradouro stream, in Malheiros bay, and one at the capture of raw water from the municipality's water treatment system. As evaluation criteria, the Water Quality Index (WQI) and Organic Load Self-Depuration Curves (DBO) are being used. So far, we have carried out the calculations for the months of December 2021 to April 2022. In none of the months was the water quality considered satisfactory for abstraction, and the purification curves point to an area not yet satisfactory for abstraction of city water. At the end of the study, we expect to deliver a technical report showing the incompatibility of the installation and launching options for relocating the unit or improving the water collection system.