Estudo de tendências nas séries temporais de qualidade de água de rios do estado de São Paulo com diferentes graus de intervenção antrópica. / Trend analysis in water quality time series of rivers with different degrees of anthropogenic intervention in São Paulo State.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

RESUMO

The knowledge of time trends of water quality is important for the environmental diagnosis of hydrographic basins, allowing the evaluation of how water bodies are responding through the years, in qualitative terms, to the growing antropogenic interventions (actions). The aim of this work is to characterize the water quality of rivers of the Piracicaba, Mogi-Guaçu, Turvo Grande, Peixe, Aguapeí, São José dos Dourados and Alto Paranapanema basins using stations monitored by CETESB (Companhia de Tecnologia de Saneamento Ambiental), in the period from 1979 to 2001. The biogeochemical parameters evaluated concerning its time trend and magnitude were: dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), total nitrogen, nitrate, total phosphorus, chloride, ammonia and fecal coliforms. Time trend analysis demands a specific methodology, since the time series obtained are not normally distributed, the sampling are performed irregularly, it can present seasonal periodicities and dependence on the rivers discharges. This methodology is divided in graphical analysis and application of trend tests, where initially an exploratory analysis of data is performed, followed by confirmation through statistical tests. The results showed that in a general there exists degradation of the water quality in most of the basins, represented by the positive trends of the parameters (BOD, nitrogens, total phosphorus, clorate and fecal coliforms) and negative trend of the parameter (DO). Among the analysed hydrographic basins, the Piracicaba river basin is the most severely affected with higher variations in the magnitude represented by the regression coeficient, followed by the basins of the Mogi-Guaçu, Turvo Grande, Peixe and Aguapeí rivers. On the other hand, the Alto Paranapanema and São José dos Dourados basins are the least affected.

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biogeochemistry water quality bacia hidrográfica - basin água doce – qualidade ecologia aquática biogeoquímica ecologia aquática - aquatic ecology water pollution poluição da água monitoramento ambiental - monitoring environment análise de séries temporais trend analysis watershed monitoramento ambiental bacia hidrográfica

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