@article{Harres_2018, title={Polluted water: a history of water pollution in the Sinos River Basin, RS}, url={https://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/atma/article/view/2439}, DOI={10.17561/at.11.2439}, abstractNote={<em>The article analyzes the process of water pollution in the Sinos River Basin, in the State do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The text focuses on the historicity of the different forms of perception and representation of the problem of water contamination in the region and on the reactions of society and government to this matter. Issues such as the perception of the water pollution process, the mortality of fish that occurred in the Sinos River, the participation of the press in the matter, the work of the environmental movements and the government’s position towards the problem are investigated in this work. To that end, the study of historical documents containing records of polluted water in the municipalities of the Sinos River Basin was required. Part of the consulted documents has their origin in the local press and other part contains the documentation produced by the government or the environmental movement.</em>}, number={11}, journal={Agua y Territorio / Water and Landscape}, author={Harres, Marluza Marques}, year={2018}, month={Apr.}, pages={70–82} }