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J Environ Manage ; 342: 118034, 2023 Sep 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37187070

RESUMO

Intense urbanisation in many coastal areas has led to intensification of groundwater consumption, while reducing permeable areas and increasing the frequency and magnitude of flooding. Among the potential strategies to compensate for these adverse effects, which are expected to become worse as a result of climate change, rooftop rainwater harvesting (RWH) in combination with managed aquifer recharge (MAR), may be indicated. This work investigated the performance of different configurations of such a system, tested as a twofold sustainable stormwater and domestic water management tool in a tropical metropole (João Pessoa, Brazil). This area located over a sedimentary aquifer system illustrates the water security challenges of densely urbanised areas in southern cities. To that end, several configurations of rooftop catchments and storage volumes were evaluated, by simulating a MAR-RWH system connected to the regional unconfined aquifer (Barreiras Formation) through a 6″ diameter injection well. Rainfall-runoff-recharge processes and water balances were simulated using monitored high-temporal resolution rainfall data. The results showed that catchments ranging from 180 to 810 m2, connected to tanks from 0.5 to 30.0 m³, are the optimal solutions in terms of efficient rainwater retention and peak flow reduction. These solutions provided mean annual estimates of aquifer recharge between 57 and 255 m³/yr from 2004 to 2019. The results of this study highlight the opportunity for MAR schemes to reconcile stormwater management and water supply goals.


Assuntos
Água Subterrânea , Água , Cidades , Inundações , Brasil
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Water Res ; 209: 117877, 2021 Nov 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34864620

RESUMO

Due to global warming and local anthropogenic pressures, sustainable groundwater resource exploitation in coastal cities is increasingly threatened. For example, the fifth largest Brazilian city, Recife, is considered as a representative hot spot for these issues and illustrates the great challenges facing many urban areas in the southern hemisphere. There, recharge as well as surface water and groundwater quality are altered by frequent droughts and poorly planned environmental management since decades. To maintain access to water, thousands of private wells were dug in order to pump water from the multi-layered aquifer system found under the city. This massive exploitation is causing a chronic lowering of the water levels, as well as seawater intrusion and contaminations by wastewater or polluted surface waters. Through hydrochemical characterization, mainly Cl/Br ratio and Cl concentrations, of wells sampled throughout the metropole, this study first characterizes the main environmental impacts on the resource, i.e. waste waters and seawater. Combining this evaluation with lithological, land-use and socio-environmental data, it was then possible to build decision trees identifying combinations of multiple factors possibly having an impact on contamination types. The well and population densities, the waste and sewage management, as well as the absence of sanitary facilities in houses appeared as critical parameters to target in order to reduce the risk of contamination of the water resource and ensure its preservation. Based on these factors, we created a risk map for contamination types that should help in identifying areas where groundwater resource may present an environmental (and then health) issue for people. Besides, this study shows that the combination of hydrochemical, geomorphological and socio-environmental characterizations of these urban systems featuring very contrasted situations between neighborhoods is a relevant tool to propose further groundwater management strategies.

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Sensors (Basel) ; 21(22)2021 Nov 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34833569

RESUMO

Although the single threshold is still considered a suitable and easy-to-do technique to extract water features in spatiotemporal analysis, it leads to unavoidable errors. This paper uses an enumerative search to optimize thresholds over satellite-derived modified normalized difference water index (MNDWI). We employed a cross-validation approach and treated accuracy as a random variable in order to: (a) investigate uncertainty related to its application; (b) estimate non-optimistic errors involving single thresholding; (c) investigate the main factors that affect the accuracy's model, and (d) compare satellite sensors performance. We also used a high-resolution digital elevation model to extract water elevations values, making it possible to remove topographic effects and estimate non-optimistic errors exclusively from orbital imagery. Our findings evidenced that there is a region where thresholds values can vary without causing accuracy loss. Moreover, by constraining thresholds variation between these limits, accuracy is dramatically improved and outperformed the Otsu method. Finally, the number of scenes employed to optimize a single threshold drastically affects the accuracy, being not appropriate using a single scene once it leads to overfitted threshold values. More than three scenes are recommended.


Assuntos
Monitoramento Ambiental , Imagens de Satélites , Incerteza , Água
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Bull Environ Contam Toxicol ; 107(3): 385-397, 2021 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34142191

RESUMO

The indiscriminate use of glyphosate is one of the main agricultural practices to combat weeds and grasses; however, its incorrect application increases soil and water contamination caused by the product. This situation is even more critical due to its great versatility for use in different cultivars and at lower prices, making it the most used pesticide in the world. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of in-depth studies regarding the damage that its use may cause. Therefore, this review focused on the analysis of environmental impacts at the soil-water interface caused by the use of glyphosate. In this sense, studies have shown that the intensive use of glyphosate has the potential to cause harmful effects on soil microorganisms, leading to changes in soil fertility and ecological imbalance, as well as impacts on aquatic environments derived from changes in the food chain. This situation is similar in Brazil, with the harmful effects of glyphosate in nontarget species and the contamination of the atmosphere. Therefore, it is necessary to change this scenario by modifying the type of pest control in agriculture, and actions such as crop rotation and biological control.


Assuntos
Herbicidas , Brasil , Glicina/análogos & derivados , Glicina/toxicidade , Herbicidas/análise , Herbicidas/toxicidade , Solo , Glifosato
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Eng. sanit. ambient ; Eng. sanit. ambient;26(3): 495-504, maio-jun. 2021. tab, graf
Artigo em Português | LILACS-Express | LILACS | ID: biblio-1286321

RESUMO

RESUMO Nas últimas décadas, têm-se observado o crescimento da demanda de água e o agravamento dos cenários de escassez hídrica, bem como a ampliação de alternativas de reuso de água de efluentes de qualidade inferior, em particular de esgotos domésticos tratados. Objetivou-se, com este trabalho, avaliar a influência do substrato de pó de coco no controle de transporte de solutos em solos irrigados com esgoto tratado doméstico. A água residuária doméstica tratada provém da Unidade Experimental de Tratamento e Reúso Hidroagrícola, no distrito de Mutuca-PE. O delineamento experimental foi em esquema fatorial (2 × 3), cujos fatores avaliados compreenderam dois tipos de solos típicos da região (Neossolo Litólico e Argissolo Amarelo) e três tratamentos (sem pó de coco, 1 cm de pó de coco e 2 cm de pó de coco), com cinco repetições. Os parâmetros de transporte dos íons sódio e potássio foram obtidos por ajuste numérico, utilizando-se o modelo STANMOD. Constatou-se a existência de interação com soluto, sódio e potássio, em solo arenoso. O modelo STANMOD apresentou ótimo desempenho na simulação do transporte de solutos no solo. A cobertura de pó de coco mostrou-se eficiente na diminuição da lixiviação de íons em ambos os solos estudados.


ABSTRACT In the last decades, there has been an increase in the demand for water and the aggravation of water scarcity scenarios, as well as the expansion of water reuse alternatives for lower quality effluents, in particular treated domestic sewage. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of coconut powder substrate on the control of solute transport in irrigated soils with treated sewage reuse. The treated domestic wastewater comes from the Experimental Unit for Treatment and Agricultural Reuse in the district of Mutuca, Pernambuco. The experimental design was in a factorial scheme (2 × 3), whose evaluated factors comprised two types of soils typical of the region (Leptosols and Yellow Argisol) and three treatments (no coconut powder, 1 cm coconut powder, and 2 cm coconut powder) with five replicates. The transport parameters of the sodium and potassium ions were obtained by numerical adjustment using the STANMOD model. It was found the existence of interaction with solute, sodium, and potassium in sandy soil. The STANMOD model presented excellent performance in the simulation of solute transport in the soil. Soil coverage with coconut powder was shown to be efficient in reducing leaching of ions in both studied soils.

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J Environ Manage ; 209: 426-439, 2018 Mar 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29309966

RESUMO

Recife Metropolitan Region (RMR, NE Brazil) lies over a multi-layered aquifer system located in an estuarial area. The region has experienced fast population growth and repeated droughts in the last three decades, which led to unprecedented anthropogenic pressure on groundwater resources because of intense water pumping. Accordingly, scientific and stakeholder communities have been challenged to ensure the maintenance of sustainable groundwater resource by managing all water cycle. Because controlling pumping rates is difficult due to the large number of illegal wells, the Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) strategies are now under consideration. The RMR presents a tropical climate and an annual average rainfall rate of approximately 2450 mm year-1, providing great potential volumes of water to be used for piezometric level recovery. However, MAR implementation requires a detailed and in-depth knowledge of the human-impact on the hydrogeological behavior of the resource over the long-term, in order to find out the most appropriate recharge strategy. Therefore, the present study illustrates how routine data monitoring, i.e., piezometric level and electrical conductivity (EC), in combination with the geological knowledge, may allow proposing further MAR strategies. Two contrasted behaviors were observed in RMR: (i) groundwater level decrease and stable EC in the North and Southernmost areas of Recife; and (ii) stable groundwater level and high/varying EC values next to the estuarial zone. Although aquifers are undergoing over-abstraction, this spatiotemporal heterogeneity suggests that a recharge is possibly locally favored next to the estuarial area of the RMR thanks to hydraulic connections between surface and deep aquifers throughout extended paleo-channels. Thus, based on this typology, MAR implementation through controlled infiltration close to the estuarial area seems to be more appropriated, whereas the direct deep injection appears to be more relevant in more distant zones.


Assuntos
Monitoramento Ambiental , Estuários , Água Subterrânea , Brasil , Condutividade Elétrica , Geologia , Humanos
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Sci Total Environ ; 618: 645-657, 2018 Mar 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29056379

RESUMO

Coastal water resources are a worldwide key socio-environmental issue considering the increasing concentration of population in these areas. Here, we propose an integrative transdisciplinary approach of water resource, water management and water access in Recife (NE Brazil). The present-day water situation is conceptualized as an imbricated multi-layered system: a multi-layered water resource, managed by a multi-layered governance system and used by a multi-layered social population. This allows identifying processes of quantitative, qualitative, and sanitary conflicts between governance and population strategies regarding water supply, as well as the institutional and individual denials of these conflicts. Based on this model, we anticipate future water-related problematic fates. Concerning the water resource system, the rapid groundwater level decrease due to unsustainable water predatory strategies, and the very low recharge rate have drastically modified the aquifer system functioning, inducing hydraulic connection between shallow groundwater (contaminated and locally salty) and deep ones (mostly fresh, with local inherited salinity), threatening the deep strategic water resource. Concerning the water governance system, the investments to increase the capacity storage of surface water, the water regulation agencies and the public/private partnership should shortly improve the water supply and wastewater issue. Nevertheless, the water situation will remain highly fragile due to the expected water demand increase, the precipitation decrease and the sea-level increase. Concerning the water access system, the population variably perceives these current and further effects and the possible mitigation policies, and develops alternative individual strategies. Authorities, policymakers and water managers will have to implement a well-balanced water governance, taking into account the specificities of the PPP, public and private groundwater users, and with a strong political willingness for a sustainable water management to ensure water supply for all the population. In other words, an anticipatory and integrated vision is necessary to reduce the discrepancies in this complex system.

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Eng. sanit. ambient ; Eng. sanit. ambient;22(5): 953-959, set.-out. 2017. tab, graf
Artigo em Português | LILACS | ID: biblio-891583

RESUMO

RESUMO Nas últimas décadas, houve redução de consumo per capita de água. Mesmo assim, diversos países buscam uma redução adicional no consumo por meio da melhoria dos processos de funcionamento de equipamentos. Este artigo descreve um novo design para caixa de descarga econômica, no qual não existe obturador nem juntas que possam ressecar e acarretar vazamento. Foram construídos e testados protótipos; o uso prolongado por 12 meses em uma residência habitada por quatro moradores demonstrou que o novo modelo de caixa de descarga funciona bem e consome menos água do que os demais. Esse projeto dispensa o uso de borrachas de vedação, trabalha com duas células (caixa interna e caixa externa), apresenta boa capacidade de arraste e demonstra boa eficiência tanto para descarga de 3 L como para descarga de 6 L.


ABSTRACT In the last decades, water consumption per capita has been reduced. Nevertheless, several countries look for additional reduction in water consumption through better process of equipment functions. This paper describes a new design for an economical flush system in which there is neither flapper nor gasket that could leak. Prototypes with new design have been made and tested; after a 12 months' test with one of them, by a family of 4 people, the project had good performance, with reduction in water consumption. This new design does not use gasket, works with two boxes (internal box and external box), presents good drag ability and demonstrates good water efficiency both for 3 L and 6 L flushes.

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Eng. sanit. ambient ; Eng. sanit. ambient;22(3): 579-589, mai.-jun. 2017. tab, graf
Artigo em Português | LILACS | ID: biblio-840426

RESUMO

RESUMO Diversos estudos têm demonstrado que o aumento da temperatura média do planeta causa uma intensificação do ciclo hidrológico, o que poderá ocasionar mudanças nos regimes das chuvas, como o aumento da ocorrência de eventos hidrológicos extremos, alterando fortemente a disponibilidade hídrica de uma região e a qualidade de vida da população. A análise da tendência de séries históricas de precipitação pluviométrica é uma das maneiras de se inferir a ocorrência de mudança climática local. Nesse contexto, este trabalho objetiva a estimativa da tendência dos índices de detecção de mudanças climáticas elaborados pela Organização Meteorológica Mundial (OMM), referentes à precipitação pluvial diária, utilizando o software RClimDex, e a avaliação dessas tendências nas bacias hidrográficas do estado de Pernambuco. Para isso, foram utilizados 75 postos pluviométricos distribuídos de forma uniforme pelo estado com séries históricas variando de 1962 a 2011, com cerca de 50 anos de dados. Foram observadas tendências em vários índices de detecção de mudanças climáticas nas bacias dos rios Goiana, Capibaribe, Ipojuca, Sirinhaém, Una, Mundaú, Ipanema, Moxotó, Terra Nova, Brígida, Garças e Pontal. Concluiu-se que existem evidências de mudanças no clima de algumas bacias hidrográficas principais, diagnosticando indícios de aceleração no processo de aridez das bacias dos rios Ipanema, Brígida e Garças, e tendência de aumento dos eventos extremos máximos de precipitação para as bacias dos rios Mundaú, Sirinhaém e Garças.


ABSTRACT Several studies have shown that the increasing of planet’s average temperature causes an intensification of the hydrological cycle, which may lead to changes in rainfall regimes, such as increasing of the occurrence of extreme hydrological events, modifying the water availability of a region and the quality of life of its population. The trend analysis of time series of rainfall is one of the ways to determine the occurrence of local climate changes. In this context, this work aims to estimate the trend in rates of climate change detection, referring to daily rainfall, defined by World Meteorological Organization (WMO), using the software RClimDex, and to evaluate the implications of these trends in river basins of the state of Pernambuco. For this, 75 rain gauge stations uniformly distributed along the state, varying from 1962 to 2011, with about 50 years of data, were used. Several trends in detection rates of climate change in the basins of Goiana, Capibaribe, Ipojuca, Sirinhaém, Una, Mundaú, Ipanema, Moxotó, Terra Nova, Brígida, Garças e Pontal were observed. It was concluded that there is evidence of climate variability for some of its major river basins: it was verified evidence of acceleration in the process of dryness of the river basins of Ipanema, Brígida and Garças, and it was observed a higher tendency of occurrence of extreme rainfall events for the basins of Mundaú, Sirinhaém and Garças.

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Sci Total Environ ; 530-531: 411-429, 2015 Oct 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26063126

RESUMO

In the coastal multilayer aquifer system of a highly urbanized southern city (Recife, Brazil), where groundwaters are affected by salinization, a multi-isotope approach (Sr, B, O, H) was used to investigate the sources and processes of salinization. The high diversity of the geological bodies, built since the Atlantic opening during the Cretaceous, highly constrains the heterogeneity of the groundwater chemistry, e.g. Sr isotope ratios, and needs to be integrated to explain the salinization processes and groundwater pathways. A paleoseawater intrusion, most probably the 120 kyB.P. Pleistocene marine transgression, and cationic exchange are clearly evidenced in the most salinized parts of the Cabo and Beberibe aquifers. All (87)Sr/(86)Sr values are above the past and present-day seawater signatures, meaning that the Sr isotopic signature is altered due to additional Sr inputs from dilution with different freshwaters, and water-rock interactions. Only the Cabo aquifer presents a well-delimitated area of Na-HCO3 water typical of a freshening process. The two deep aquifers also display a broad range of B concentrations and B isotope ratios with values among the highest known to date (63-68.5‰). This suggests multiple sources and processes affecting B behavior, among which mixing with saline water, B sorption on clays and mixing with wastewater. The highly fractionated B isotopic values were explained by infiltration of relatively salty water with B interacting with clays, pointing out the major role played by (palaeo)-channels for the deep Beberibe aquifer recharge. Based on an increase of salinity at the end of the dry season, a present-day seawater intrusion is identified in the surficial Boa Viagem aquifer. Our conceptual model presents a comprehensive understanding of the major groundwater salinization pathways and processes, and should be of benefit for other southern Atlantic coastal aquifers to better address groundwater management issues.

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Ciênc. rural ; Ciênc. rural (Online);38(3): 698-704, maio-jun. 2008. ilus, tab
Artigo em Português | LILACS | ID: lil-480180

RESUMO

A análise dos atributos físicos e da salinidade de solos em áreas irrigadas é de extrema importância para elaboração e implantação de propostas de manejo. Com o objetivo de avaliar a dependência espacial das frações granulométricas e da condutividade elétrica do extrato de saturação, foi desenvolvido um estudo em área aluvial irrigada no semi-árido de Pernambuco, em que se adotou uma malha regular de 5 x 5m, correspondendo a um total de 98 pontos amostrais, e foram coletadas amostras de solo na profundidade de 0-20cm. As variáveis foram submetidas à análise estatística clássica, seguida de análise geoestatística. A variabilidade dos dados foi classificada como média para todas as variáveis estudadas, com coeficientes de variação respectivamente de 26,08; 14,81; 16,01 e 28,00 por cento para areia, argila, silte e condutividade elétrica do extrato de saturação. A dependência espacial foi considerada alta para as frações granulométricas e moderada para a condutividade elétrica, com alcances de 56, 50, 55 e 35m, respectivamente. A condutividade elétrica está fortemente correlacionada espacialmente com o teor de silte, apresentando alcance de 52m para o semivariograma cruzado. Os resultados ressaltam a importância da fração silte na distribuição espacial da salinidade, bem como na relevância para o manejo racional do solo estudado.


Analysis of the physical attributes and salinity of soils is important for proposing management strategies in irrigated areas. The objective of this study was to evaluate the spatial dependence of the granulometric fractions and electric conductivity of the saturation extract in an area irrigated in the semi-arid of Pernambuco State. A 5 x 5m regular mesh was adopted, with 98 sampling points collected at depth 0-20cm. The variables have been analysed through statistics and geoestatistics. The variation coefficients of the saturation extract were 26.08; 14.81; 16.01 and 28.00 percent for sand, clay, silt and electrical conductivity of the saturation extract, respectively. The spatial dependence was identified as high for the granulometric fractions and as moderate for the electric conductivity, with ranges of 56; 50 and 55 and 35m, respectively. The electric conductivity has a strong spatial correlation with silt content, presenting range of 52m, for the cross semivariogram. The results highlight the importance of the silt fraction in the spatial distribution of salinity in loam soils, and its relevance for adequate management of these soils.

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