The discovery of the decline of the manhole bath in the municipality of Açailândia/MA in an environmental education project

Abstract

This work aimed to show an initiative by students from the Civil Engineering Course in the municipality of Açailândia/MA to carry out an Environmental Education project aimed at raising awareness among the local population about the use of environmental septic tanks and grease traps, in an attempt to reduce the release of domestic sewage into streams close to the region,  more specifically the Açailândia River. In addition to this environmental problem, this article sought to analyze the effects of water flow in the vicinity of the “banho da Bueira”, which caused land to move downhill, consequently generating siltation in this resort that was so popular and used by the population of this municipality for fun, fishing, washing dishes and clothes. In this sense, this work brings a reflection on the effects of disorderly occupation in riverside regions that should be protected by the municipal government, and that when due attention is not given, an exorbitant increase in garbage and sewage, generally produced in peripheral regions and which are carried by rainwater without any type of treatment to the nearest river,  reducing its quality until it becomes completely unsuitable for human contact.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2023.006-107