Qualidade da água em um assentamento de reforma agrária: análise das nascentes e alternativas de tratamento de água no assentamento Santo Dias em Guapé, MG

Abstract

The Water quality begins with care in its springs, which must be protected and free from external contamination from environmental pollution. The Settlement of Santo Dias, in the city Guapé, Minas Gerais state, has abundant water springs. Considering the partnership between the settlement and the Nucleus of Multidisciplinary Studies in Agroecology and Family Agriculture (NEMAAF), water samples were collected and analyzed from five springs of the settlement in order to analyze the quality, availability and conservation of the springs. The results of the water analysis were returned to the community, and was also offered a workshop of the construction of the sand filter and chlorinator. It can be considered that these activities made possible the reflection on the quality of water in the rural environment and what alternatives can be used to treat and recover the springs, besides enabling farmers to build their own systems of water treatment.