A qualidade da água do município de Mossâmedes : novas perspectivas e funcionalidades

Abstract

The municipality of Mossâmedes has several water bodies in its territory and it can be said that water resources constitute the main wealth of the municipality. O source responsible for supplying the population is Córrego Cafundó, located in Serra Dourado and the source that supplies Mossâmedes is located in the Basin Hydrographic Tocantins/Araguaia. The water captured in Mossâmedes does not receive any type of treatment and in view of this finding, this study aimed to verify the municipal water quality. Water was collected at strategic points, considering point 1 (water from Córrego Cafundó), point 2 ( Colégio Estadual Barão de Mossâmedes), point 3 (Hospital Municipal Dona Sinhá) and point 4 (Gas station Pequizeiro) and sent to the Laboratory in the City of Goiás. physical-chemistry and the analyzed parameters were: pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, GH and KH hardness, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) nitrate, nitrite, total ammonia and chlorine and microbiological analysis (total coliforms and Escherichia coli). The result of the analyzes physical-chemical was satisfactory and within the quality standard, however, in the factor microbiological analysis, total coliforms were present at all collection points and Escherichia coli only in point 1 of the raw water of Córrego Cafundó.