Estações de tratamento de água e esgoto e sua importância para os rios urbanos

Abstract

The planet earth faces in a moment of awareness for a sustainable world. Its population finally accepted the fact that natural resources are finite and may disappear when least expected. The community strives to develop ways to contain the rampant consumption of natural resources, among them, the water begins to assume the main highlight. Synonymous with life, water plays an essential role in the survival of human beings and the increasing population growth, surpassing the 7 billion people, is a warning as to offer this resource to the population. Simultaneously, the increase in population brings various problems such as pollution of the water bodies that are essential for human use and consumption. Given the warning sign, nations strive to introduce legal instruments to curb environmental degradation, especially in urban rivers. Among these instruments stand out track of the amount and quality of water available to your users and important installations of water treatment and sewage represent an important role in combating pollution of urban rivers.