Poluição do rio Maranguapinho Fortaleza-CE: causas e consequências

Abstract

This work named: Pollution Maranguapinho River. Fortaleza — CE: Causes and Consequences. Constitute a reflection about this problematic, that principally in the rainy season, brings a great number of damages for the population that lives next to edge of this river. The general objective of this work is to make a refetion about the causes and consequences of the pollution, focusing the Maranguapinho River, in the área that comprehends its low course, located in the west part of Fortaleza — Ceará - Brazil (Antônio Bezerra, Autran Nunes, Henrique Jorge, Parque Genibaii and João XXIII), aiming a better life quality for the population and na environment preservation. As specific aims we intend to review the concepts about the Maranguapinho River for the population that lives next to the river, to speculate about the importance of cleaning the river. To verify the importance of the causes of the pollution of Maranguapinho River and to warn about the probable death of this river. About the methodology used in this paper, it was made a bibliographic research where was identified the main sources of pollution and what consequences they bring for the population. This study has the characteristic of a study of case, formed by a largely used method used for the execution of exploratory research, what does not mean that other types of researches may not be possible to be done with this method.