Evaluation of sustainability in the use of water within the Amazon deforestation area: a case study in Rondon do Pará, Pará State, Brazil - doi: 10.4025/actascitechnol.v35i2.13820

Augusto da Gama Rego; Lindemberg Lima Fernandes; Claudio Jose Cavalcante Blanco; Ana Rosa Baganha Barp

doi:10.4025/actascitechnol.v35i2.13820

Evaluation of sustainability in the use of water within the Amazon deforestation area: a case study in Rondon do Pará, Pará State, Brazil - doi: 10.4025/actascitechnol.v35i2.13820

Authors

Augusto da Gama Rego Universidade Federal do Pará
Lindemberg Lima Fernandes Universidade Federal do Pará
Claudio Jose Cavalcante Blanco Universidade Federal do Pará
Ana Rosa Baganha Barp Universidade Federal do Pará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascitechnol.v35i2.13820

Keywords:

PSR, WQI, management and planning of water resources, river Ararandeua

Abstract

The use of water in a hydrographic basin within the Amazon deforestation area is evaluated as a case study for the municipality of Rondon do Pará, State of Pará, Brazil. Current investigation takes into account the hydrographic basin as a system, following the Pressure/State/Response concept model, and aims at an analysis of the system´s sustainability. Results show that the use of water within the context of the system under analysis tends towards non-sustainability. Economic growth, especially triggered by the expansion of extensive cattle-raising and industrial activities, has worsened the situation. These conditions do not represent local reality since the above-mentioned activities have produced only scanty employment. Further, the municipality is striving with problems concerning the supply of drinking water, deficiency in sewage treatment and especially the deterioration of surface water resources.

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Author Biographies

Augusto da Gama Rego, Universidade Federal do Pará

Mestre em Engenharia Civil e membro do Grupo de Pesquisa em Recursos Hídricos da Amazônia (GRHAMA/PPGEC/ITEC/UFPA)

Lindemberg Lima Fernandes, Universidade Federal do Pará

Doutor em Ciências: Desenvolvimento Socioambiental, membro do Grupo de Pesquisa em Recursos Hídricos da Amazônia (GRHAMA/UFPA) e professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil (FAESA/PPGEC/ITEC/UFPA)

Claudio Jose Cavalcante Blanco, Universidade Federal do Pará

Doutor em Sciences de l'eau, membro do Grupo de Pesquisa em Recursos Hídricos da Amazônia (GRHAMA/UFPA) e professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil (FAESA/PPGEC/ITEC/UFPA)

Ana Rosa Baganha Barp, Universidade Federal do Pará

Doutora em Engenharia Civil, membro do Grupo de Pesquisa em Recursos Hídricos da Amazônia (GRHAMA/UFPA) e professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil (FAESA/PPGEC/ITEC/UFPA)

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Published

2012-12-03

How to Cite

Rego, A. da G., Fernandes, L. L., Blanco, C. J. C., & Barp, A. R. B. (2012). Evaluation of sustainability in the use of water within the Amazon deforestation area: a case study in Rondon do Pará, Pará State, Brazil - doi: 10.4025/actascitechnol.v35i2.13820. Acta Scientiarum. Technology, 35(2), 237–245. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascitechnol.v35i2.13820

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Issue

Vol. 35 No. 2 (2013)

Section

Civil Engineering

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