DIAGNÓSTICO SOCIOAMBIENTAL DOS USOS DAS ÁGUAS DO RIO BEZERRA NAS DIVISAS DAS CIDADES DE ARRAIS-TO E CAMPOS BELOS-GO

Abstract

The socio-environmental diagnosis of the water uses of the Bezerra River, aims to gather information on the uses and their quality, adding new sources of data and promoting the elaboration of analyzes that allow the visualization of the problems and the potentialities, in which the river is offering and made available to riverside residents. In the last six years, due to the growth of water uses from the Bezerra River, mainly in the extraction of sand, installation of the mining industry, undue capture of water for raising cattle, the diversification of water uses is taking place, and bringing a dissatisfaction of the population of Arraias - TO, and Campos Belos - GO, regarding the quality and quantity of the water of the Bezerra River in which it limits the water body to which studied. The diagnoses regarding the uses of water, questionnaires were carried out with the riverside people who are on the banks of the Bezerra River, 31 families were, and those who agreed to participate were 25 families. Then, water quality monitoring was carried out in its adjacent areas, at 6 water collection points along the Bezerra River, according to CONAMA Resolution 357 (Conama, 2005). The results of the Bezerra River Water Quality were classified as REASONABLE, GOOD and GREAT QUALITY water. As for the opinion of the interviewees about the water quality of the Bezerra river, 32% reported the water quality as “very bad”, and 32% thought it was “Reasonable”, the remaining 12% thought it was “Bad”, “Good” and excellent.