Derramamento de esgotos nas praias de Manaíra e Bessa: a percepção social de um problema ambiental

Abstract

Coastal areas are generally environments affected by the great concentration of population, thus presenting several environmental problems. The beaches constituting these spaces end up losing many of their functions, both in terms of importance to man (mainly in relation to leisure), and in terms of environmental relevance, as an integral part of ecosystems and still have manifested with influences in the economic situations related to the activities surrounding the environments in subject. In this context, domestic sewage is one of the main degraders of beach space, causing damage to the ecosystem, the economy and the health of the inhabitants and the users of this system. Taking as a reference the beaches of Manaíra and Bessa, it is noted the high frequency that these beaches present themselves as improper to the bath and, aware that this situation is related to clandestine connections3 of domestic sewage to the rainwater network, we proposed to the present study. It is also observed that this undue dumping may be leading to significant contamination by pathogenic microorganisms.