Diagnosis at the dump area of Poços de Caldas, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Titel:
Diagnosis at the dump area of Poços de Caldas, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Auteur:
Gerson Araujo de Medeiros Fabio Augusto Gomes Vieira Reis Paulo Henrique Bretanha Junker Menezes Luis Antonio Santos Carlos Augusto de Oliveira Neves Maura Helena de Miranda Nunes Élcio Davi Leandro Silveira Anselmo Aline Silva
Verschenen in:
Engenharia ambiental
Paginering:
Jaargang 6 (2009) nr. 2 pagina's 3-15
Jaar:
2009
Inhoud:
The generation and disposal of the garbage has causing a series of impacts and risk for the human health at Brazil. The main goal of this research was carry out an environmental diagnosis at areas of arrangement of the garbage at the county of Poços de Caldas, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The methodology was comprised of visits and photographic survey of the site and chemical analysis of soil (pH, P, S, K, Ca, Mg, Al, B, Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn) in 2003 and 2005. The photographic survey showed that the area is characterized like a dump, up to the year of 2005, and the chemical analysis showed degradation at the plot of arrangement of the garbage. The concentration of Mn reached 45.7 mg dm-3. In spite of the fulfilled improvements, the area keeps on presenting risk of contamination of the water resources.Keywords: garbage, soil pollution, landfill leachate.
Uitgever:
Environmental Engineering Course / UNIPINHAL (provided by DOAJ)