Caracterização dos sistemas de disposição local de excretas e esgotos do município de Juazeiro do Norte - CE

Abstract

The objectives of this research was to analyze the structure of the city's sewage Juazeiro do Norte/CE, located in northeastern Brazil, to quantify sewer connections of households to the city sewer system, identify the types of systems Local disposal of excreta and wastewater residential use in the city and finally verify the type and frequency of maintenance of these systems. The methodology consisted of three parts: research articles and documents in various organs, interviews and reports of city residents in several neighborhoods on the maintenance of septic tanks in their homes. The results show that even in the service area covered by the sewage, many households not choose the network connection processing using the alternative treatment of sewage. Were identified using only two types of septic tanks, septic tank and absorbentand is still observed in the disposal of municipal sewage on public roads. It is concluded that the predominance of local systems of excreta disposal and sewerage existing in the city of Juazeiro, the pit is absorbent, followed by links to sewage systems with 38.63% of the urban area.