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PASQUOTTO, Geise B., ROSA, Lívia M., BARBIN, Márcia C., VENTURATO, Thaís B. de S.
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Biochemical Oxygen Demand (B.O.D) is the quantity of oxygen
necessary to oxidize the organic matter by aerobic microbial decomposition
B. Domestic wastewater collection and treatment
to a stable inorganic form. The highest increase in terms of BOD, in a glass The main rivers in the region present sections in
of water, are caused by disposal of predominantly organic origin, that can degradation caused by the disposal of wastewater without the
lead to the complete depletion of oxygen in the water, causing the
disappearance of fishes and other water life forms. The State enactment nº
appropriate treatment. Currently in the MRC more than 380
8468 defines standards of BOD for the emission of sewage directly to the thousand people do not have access to the public system of
water source. [12]
sewage collection. According to SNIS data [5], the Small system are entailed to Diseases Related to Inadequate
Size 1 municipalities group is the one that presents the lowest Environmental Sanitation (DRIES) [14]–[7]–[6].
level of collection, whereas the Large Size group presents the The map generation based on water resources index and
highest levels. Amongst the twenty municipalities of the data aims to graphically demonstrate conflict points related to
MRC, four present levels of sewage collection lower than the basic sanitation, water quality and its effects on the
80%, such as Monte Mor (53.3%), Hortolândia (62.4%), population in the Metropolitan Region of Campinas.
Santo Antônio de Posse (69.8%) and Engenheiro Coelho Conflicts were identified from two dimensions: i) water
(73.1%), and only two attend 100% of its population: collection for public supply located downstream domestic
Valinhos and Nova Odessa (Figure 4). and industrial disposal and ii) water collection for public
supply in bodies of water in inferior class than recommended.
The conflicts based on the collection points located
downstream of domestic and industrial disposal were
identified through the: i) Water collection points for public
supply inserted in the MRC territory [10]; ii) Domestic and
industrial disposal points inserted in the MRC territory [10]
iii) Relief of the MRC territory in order to identify the
Fig. 4. Level of attendance of public sewage network by municipality upstream and downstream in the subbasins [10] (Figure 6).
category. Source: Elaborated by the authors with data from [5].
Fig. 7. Water collection map with for public supply in bodies of water with
class 4 or inferior. Source: Elaborated by the authors with data from [10]–
[16].
The conflict points registered in the Figures 06 and 07 can Fig. 8. Map of conflict points (Figures 6 and 7) and average water quality
be attested through the crossing of the rates related to the index (IQA) of the subbasins inserted in the MRC Source: Elaborated by the
water quality in the bodies of water supplied by the annual authors with data from [11].
report from CETESB [11]: iv) Identification of the sampling
points inserted in the territory of the MRC and the respective
annual average of the Water Quality Index (IQA5) between
2009 and 2013 [11]; v) Classification of the subbasins of the
MRC regarding the IQA, through the total average of the
respective sampling points inserted in its territory; vi)
Conflict points defined by Figures 06 and 07 (Figure 08).
The information crossing of the map in Figure 8
establishes a higher concentration of conflict points in the
subbasins that present water quality levels classified as
regular or outclass, comprehending the municipalities to
West and Southwest of the region.
The last map aims to establish the relation between the
quality of the water collected for public supply and the health
of the population. For that, it was used: i) Definition of
fecal-oral diseases transmitted through the ingestion of water
or contact with water [14]; ii) Identification of the
hospitalization quantity6 in the public health system, within
the years of 2008 to 2013 [17]; iii) Definition of
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IQA – Water Quality Index incorporates nine variables considered as
relevant to the evaluation of the water quality, having as main determinant its
use for public supply. Ranging in a scale of 0 to 100, it is classified as
OPTIMUM if 79 < IQA ≤ 100, Good if 51 < IQA ≤ 79, Regular if 36 < IQA
≤ 51, Bad if 19 < IQA ≤ 36, Terrible if IQA ≤ 19 [11].
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Hospitalization by Cholera, Typhoid and Paratyphoid, Shigellosis,
Amoebic dysentery, Diarrhea and gastroenteritis of presumable infectious
origin [17].
volume” in the main spring that supplies water to the capital
of São Paulo and to the region of Campinas may end at the
end of June 2014 [21].
The “dead volume” (bottom of the reservoirs) was defined
as an emergency plan by the Basic Sanitation Company of the
State of São Paulo (CETESB) during the drought period.
Sabesp, the water utility company that detains the bestowal
Fig.9. Map of conflict points (Figures 6 and 7) and Diseases Related to on the water distribution of the Cantareira System invested
Inadequate Environmental Sanitation (DRIES). Source: Elaborated by the
authors with data from [14][17].
R$ 80 million to the necessary installation for collection and
pumping of the water below the reservoir.
The consortium of Rivers Piracicaba, Capivari and Jundiai
IV. WATER SCARCITY Basin (PCJ) formally questions the use of the “dead volume”.
With the rationing suppression, the Cantareira System can
The Cantareira System consists by six dams in different take about 15 years to recover itself [22]. According to Cezar
levels, interconnected by water collection pipes and elevation Saad, Project coordinator of the PCJ Consortium, “The ideal
stations. Operational since 1975, the system transfers water situation would be to adopt the rationing system, no doubt.
volumes from the rivers Jaguari, Jacareí, Cachoeira de The State Government counts with this reserve, but it
Piracaia and Atibainha dam to Cantareira Mountain range, shouldn´t be used” [23].
where there are treatment stations that supply 55% of its Avoiding rationing, Sabesp proposed a discount plan for
capacity of water to the city of São Paulo [9]. the population of up to 30% for those who accomplish a
The excessive water consumption in a rain scarcity period reduction of until 20% on water consumption [24].
has generated a peculiar scenario that the state of São Paulo Another worrying scenario is the possibility of energy
hadn´t experienced for decades. The Cantareira System rationing and the increase in the electricity bill. The
reached 99% of its capacity, which outset a decrease from reservoirs of the hydroelectric power plants, responsible for
2011 until that, in December 2013, its level started to present almost 80% of energy generation in the country, have
volumes below normality. During the same month in 2011, reached the lowest levels since 2001, when the energy supply
the level reached was 69%, an impacting difference. On May crises “blackout” happened. To avoid such action in 2014 in
2013, the Cantareira reached 8.4% of its capacity, the lowest Brazil, according to the Decade Plan of Energy, it would be
level in the last 10 years [18] (see Figure 10). necessary to invest R$ 21 billion per year until 2022 [25].
A different alternative that was considered by the State
150 Government was the use of the Rio Grande System, which
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