Ocupação das terras e a qualidade da água na microbacia do ribeirão Mestre D'Armas, Distrito Federal

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Bilich, Marina Rolim
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Mestre D’Armas watershed is located at the North portion of Distrito Federal DF and in the last years have been presenting an accelerated populational growth. This watershed is responsable for supplying water to a reasonable portion of population which lives in DF, and some studies have been showing that are having some alterations on the water quality of this region, and those are been related to the inadequate land use and land cover, and the sewage. The objective of this work was to evaluate the land cover and the water quality of the Mestre D’Armas watershed, identifying the different types of land cover of the sub-watersheds from the public water collection points of Companhia de Saneamento do Distrito Federal – CAESB located at small rivers: Brejinho, Fumal, Quinze, Corguinho, Mestre D’Armas e Pipiripau. It was used a Geographical Information System and techniques of Remote Sensing to integrate informations about the land cover and the water quality. Was analyze the turbidity, conductivity, ammonia, pH, chemical oxygen demand, fecal coliforms and Water Quality Index, in the years 1996, 2000, 2003 and january to july of year 2005, making possible evaluate the sustainability of the uses of the natural resources of the Mestre D’Armas watershed aiming guarantee the sustainable development of the region. Word keys: land cover, water quality, Geographical Information System, Remote Sensing.
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