Aspectos Socioambientais e caracterização de efluente da carcinicultura, em Jaguaruana/CE

Abstract

The shrimp farming has been expanding in Brazil, especially in the state of Ceara, due to factors such as high economic profitability, adequate environmental conditions, high productivity and easy adaptation of the species Litopenaeus vannamei. However, such expansion comes accompanied by several environmental impacts, ranging extension and magnitude, according to the size of the enterprise, cultivation methods, water consumption, production and the type of treatment of effluents. The research aimed to analyze the implications generated around the carciniculture in the county, giving emphasis on their possible impacts, and diagnose the condition physical and bacteriological from water in a farm located in Jaguaruana-Ce. The environmental survey was conducted in shrimp farms in various localities of the city, through semi-structured interviews with local producers to understand reality, get information about the social and environmental impacts and the relationship of these farms to the community in which they operate. In a second step, water samples were taken on a farm in four different points, for physical and bacteriological characterization of their effluents. Thus, the results from this study show that the activity in question compromises the quality of the environment in which it operates, through a series of impacts, suggesting a change in the structure of enterprises, the use of improved effluents treatment techniques and the development of water reuse projects.