Raimundo Bemvindo Gomes

Impactos ambientais do lançamento de efluentes da carcinicultura em águas interiores

The Baixo Jaguaribe waterbasin has faced the installation of a growing number of shrimp farms along the Jaguaribe River, where there is no saline water interference. This work aims to show the chemical, physical-chemical and bacteriological characteristics of the inland shrimp farms continuous and harvest effluents, located in the Baixo Jaguaribe region, Ceara State, to discuss the possible impacts of these effluents in the water bodies and to suggest mitigating measures. It was analyzed water samples from the Jaguaribe river and the effluents of 2 tanks belonging to 2 different shrimp farms, during 1 production cycle. The parameters analyzed were: pH, turbidity, nitrate, total ammonia, electric conductivity, BOD5, total phosphorus, soluble phosphorus, total alkalinity, total solids, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, coliform organisms and chlorophylla. The harvest effluents, its was also analyzed DO and the fraction of sedimented solids. The results showed that although the continuous effluents complied with the legislation standards, in the harvest the values obtained from pH, total ammonia , suspended and settleable solids were higher than those allowed by the legislation. The total load resulting from the great volume drained by the shrimp farms contributes to a progressive deterioration of the water bodies quality in the region.

Impactos ambientais da carcinicultura de águas interiores

This work aims to identify the main environmental aspects and impacts of the inland shrimp farming, through the analysis of the process stages and different cultivation techniques in farms located in the Baixo Jaguaribe region, Ceara State, Brazil. This evaluation was done applying questionnaires along with all farm owners or managers and making physical-chemical analysis of the effluents and the tanks soil in three selected farms. The main environmental impacts identified are related to the occupation of preservation areas by the shrimp tanks, greater conflicts between water users, contamination of the water resources that are also the main source of drinking water to the municipalities and the increase of diseases among rural workers by the inadequate manipulation of chemical products during production. These impacts can be reduced to match with the region environmental capacity, when the legislation is respected and the good practices are adopted. Besides, it is also recomended to carry out research studies that access the watershed environmental capacity to sustain shrimp farming growth, in order to orient environmental and water use licensing.

Adsorção de índigo carmim em biomassas mortas de aspergillus niger

Textile industries produce effluents rich in dyes throughout its production chain. In this study, kinetic experiments were carried using the dead and treated biomass of Aspergillus niger for indigo carmine removal from the synthetic aqueous solutions of this dye. A kinetic run with activated carbon was also carried for comparison. The obtained results suggest that non-treated fungal biomass has been capable of remove 95% of carmine indigo from the aqueous solutions. This removal was similar to that obtained with activated carbon. The results also indicate that acid treatments considerably improve the kinetic of the dye removal, but they are not influenced the maximum adsorptive capacity of the adsorbent. Moreover, saline and alkaline treatments decreased both the maximum capacity and the kinetic of adsorption.