Poluição do Rio Capibaribe: análise das Causas e Consequências no Município de Limoeiro-PE

Abstract

The main objective of this article is to analyze the causes and consequences of the pollution of the Capibaribe River in the municipality of Limoeiro-PE, resulting from the urbanization process. River water is an indispensable natural resource for the survival of human beings, however, over the years, mainly due to the urbanization process without adequate planning, it has contributed to causing several negative impacts around the river course. The research results were achieved through the following methodological procedures: field research, IBGE data collection, photographic records, analysis of water quality tests. The research showed that the Capibaribe river is attacked by anthropic actions, complicating the existing life in the river and its surroundings. The main factors of the river's degradation process are: domestic sewage; industrial activities; deforestation of riparian forest, improper disposal of solid waste, presence of baronesses in the riverbed, which is considered a bioindicator of water pollution, change in water color in some periods of the year due to the eutrophication process, reporting to the self-contamination index by: phosphorus, nitrate and the presence of coliforms, contextualizing this scenario.