Water quality and human well-being: an assessment in agrovillage N2, rural area of Petrolina, semi-arid region of Pernambuco, Brazil

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17561/at.27.8246

Keywords:

Clean water, Physicochemical and microbiological parameters, Public health, Water management

Abstract

Water quality is vital for health and disease prevention. The 2013 PLANSAB aims to expand access to basic sanitation, including drinking water, by 2033. However, after a decade, many regions remain unserved. This study was conducted in agrovillage N2, located in the Brazilian semiarid region, with the aim of evaluating water quality in areas not covered by PLANSAB. Physicochemical and microbiological analyses were performed on water samples. The results indicated risks to human health due to the presence of microbial contamination and changes in the color and turbidity parameters of the water, making it unsuitable for human consumption. Rural regions face specific challenges that require studies, regulations, and public policies to ensure the right to access clean water.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

  • Kleythyany Lacerda Nunes, Universidade Estadual da Bahia

    Possui graduação em Licenciatura em Quimica pelo Instituto Federal do Sertão Pernambucano (2013), pós-graduação lato sensu em Ensino de Quimica e Biologia pela UNIVASF - Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (2016), pós-graduação lato sensu em Educação Ambiental e Sustentabilidade pela Universidade Candido Mendes - RJ (2017), É Técnica em Alimentos pela Escola Técnica SENAI (Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial) Petrolina (2004). Atualmente é mestranda, no programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Humana e Gestão Socioambiental (PPGEcoH) da Universidade do Estado da Bahia, linha de pesquisa: Gestão Socioambiental e Desenvolvimento Sustentável e aluna do curso de Specialização em Saúde Ambiental e Saneamento para Comunidades Ru rais na University Ferderal do Vale do São Francisco (UNISVAF). Atuou como docente, consultant e preparadora olímpica pela Escola Técnica SENAI Petrolina - Departamento Regional de Pernambuco. Tem experiência na área de Química e Alimentos, com ênfase em Química Geral, Química Orgânica, Análise de Alimentos e Água, Bioquímica, Segurança dos Alimentos e Tecnologia dos Cereais. Atuando principalmente nos seguintes themes: olimpíada do conhecimento, processamento de alimentos, ensino de química, alimento funcional, inovação para o desenvolvimento de novos products no setor de panificação/confeitaria, análises físico-químicas e microbiológicas em águas para avaliação da qual idade dos recursos hydricos.

  • Natan Silva Pereira, Universidade do Estado da Bahia

    He is currently professor of the Chemistry course and two Post-Graduate Programs in Applied Chemistry (PGQA), Post-Graduate in Human Ecology and Socio-environmental Management (PPGEcoH) at the State University of Bahia. He graduated in Biological Sciences from the State University of Bahia (UNEB). Master's and PhD in Geosciences by UFPE with the Sanduíche PhD status at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2014). He was a visiting scholar at the Chesapeak Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland, USA (2019). He was a visiting fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK (2022). He had short-term periods at the University of Michigan, USA (2016), with a focus on the use of isotopes in ecological and biogeochemical studies. Short-term study at the University of São Paulo (2015), focused on training and training for routine operation and implementation of C and O stable isotope analyzes using GasBench II. He is a member of the board of the Brazilian Geochemical Society (SBGq). Main area of activity is focused on the use of isotopic and geochemical records obtained from coral testimonies and its consolidation as a reliable tool for expansion of two instrumental records and promotion of paleoclimatological studies in the tropical South Atlantic. He is also active in research in the area of chemostratigraphy and in the resolution of stratigraphic problems and understanding of major events in the history of the evolution of the Earth. He has experience in the analysis of traditional stable isotopes (C and O) using isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) with coupled Gasbench II and non-traditional static isotopes (Cr) using thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS). He is interested in studies of isotopic geochemistry and trace elements in fish otoliths and foraminifera.

  • Silvana Souza Martins, Universidade do Estado da Bahia

    He holds a degree in Biology from the State University of Pernambuco and a Master's degree in Friticuture from the State University of Bahia. MBA in Food Safety Management from Senai Technology College in Florianópolis - SC, Brazil.

References

Albaggar, Ali Khalaf Ahmed. 2021: “Investigation of some physical, chemical, and bacteriological parameters of water quality in some dams in Albaha region, Saudi Arabia”. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 28(8), 4605-4612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.04.067

Aleixo, Bernardo; Rezende, Sonaly; Pena, João Luiz; Zapata, Gisela; Heller, Léo. 2016: “Human right in perspective: inequalities in access to water in a rural community of the Brazilian northeast”. Ambiente & Sociedade, 19, 63-84. https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4422ASOC150125R1V1912016

ANA, Agência Nacional de Águas. 2020: São Francisco. https://www.gov.br/ana/pt-br/sala-de-situacao/sao-francisco/sao-francisco-saiba-mais

APAC, Agência Pernambucana de Águas e Clima. 2022: Boletim do climáticos. https://www.apac.pe.gov.br/component/buscavancada/?459ffeb443791c43dcc7038eac35155b=1&itembusca=Boletins%20Clim%C3%A1ticos

APHA, American Public Health Association. 2017: “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater”. Washington (USA), APHA, AWWA, WEF. https://doi.org/10.2105/SMWW.2882.216

Bouwer, Herman. 2000: “Integrated water management: emerging issues and challenges”. Agricultural water anagement, 45(3), 217-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-3774(00)00092-5

Braga, Benedito; Porto, Monica; Tucci, Carlos E. M. 2015: “Monitoramento de quantidade e qualidade das águas”, em Braga, Benedito; Tundisi, José Galizia; Tundisi, Takako Matsumura; Ciminelli, Virginia T. S. (Coords.), Águas doces no Brasil: capital ecológico, uso e conservação. São Paulo (Brasil), Escrituras Editora.

Branco, Samuel Murgel; Azevedo, Sandra M. F. O.; Hachich, Elayse Maria; Vazoller, Rosana Filomena; Tundisi, José Galizia. 2015: “Água e saúde humana”, em Braga, Benedito; Tundisi, José Galizia; Tundisi, Takako Matsumura; Ciminelli, Virginia T. S. (Coords.), Águas doces no Brasil: capital ecológico, uso e conservação. São Paulo (Brasil), Escrituras Editora.

Brasil. Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente. 2005: Resolução no 357, de 17 de março de 2005. http://conama.mma.gov.br

Brasil. Ministério da Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Departamento de Vigilância em Saúde Ambiental e Saúde do Trabalhador. 2016: Diretriz Nacional do Plano de Amostragem da Vigilância da qualidade da água para consumo humano. (Brasília: Ministério da Saúde).

Brasil. Presidência da República. Subchefia para assuntos jurídicos. 1997. Lei nº 9.433, de 08 de janeiro de 1997. https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/leis/l9433.htm

Brasil. Presidência da República. Subchefia para assuntos jurídicos. 2007. Lei nº 11.445, de 05 de janeiro de 2007. https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2007-2010/2007/lei/l11445.htm

Brasil. Presidência da República. Subchefia para assuntos jurídicos. 2020. Lei nº 14.026, de 15 de julho de 2020. https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2019-2022/2020/Lei/L14026.htm#view

CETESB, Companhia Ambiental do Estado De São Paulo. 2011: Guia Nacional de Coleta e Preservação de Amostras. https://cetesb.sp.gov.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Guia-nacional-de-coleta-e-preservacao-de-amostras-2012.pdf

Cini, Ricardo de Amorim; Rosaneli, Caroline Filla; Fischer, Marta Luciane. 2019: “Direito humano à água e bioética: revisão da literatura latino-americana com foco na realidade brasileira.” Agua y Território / Water and Landscape, 14, 105-114. https://doi.org/10.17561/at.14.4450

CODEVASF Companhia de Desenvolvimento do Vales do São Francisco e do Parnaíba. 2018: Projeto Público de Irrigação Nilo Coelho. https://www.codevasf.gov.br/linhas-de-negocios/agricultura-irrigada/projetos-de-irrigacao/em-producao/nilo-coelho/nilo-coelho

CODEVASF, Companhia de Desenvolvimento do Vales do São Francisco e do Parnaíba. 2019: São Francisco. https://www.codevasf.gov.br/area-de-atuacao/bacia-hidrografica/sao-francisco

CONAMA, Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente. 2011: Resolução no 430, de 13 de maio de 2011. http://conama.mma.gov.br/

Cosgrove, William J.; Loucks, Daniel. P. 2015: “Water mana¬gement: Current and future challenges and research directions”. Water Resources Research, 51(6), 4823-4839. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014WR016869

Diniz, José Nilo Bezerra. 2018: “Abastecimento de água no Brasil setentrional: a gestão hídrica em Aracati (século XIX)”. Agua y Territorio / Water and Landscape, 11, 10-21. https://doi.org/10.17561/at.11.2998

INFOSF, InfoSãoFrancisco. 2023: Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio São Francisco. https://infosaofrancisco.canoadetolda.org.br/bacia-do-rio-sao-francisco/#:~:text=A%20vaz%C3%A3o%20m%C3%A9dia%20%C3%A9%20de,8%25%20da%20demanda%20nacional

Instituto Adolfo Lutz. 2008: “Métodos físico-químicos para análise de alimentos”, coordenadores Odair Zenebon, Neus Sadocco Pascuet e Paulo Tiglea. São Paulo (Brasil), Instituto Adolfo Lutz, 1020.

Jalomo-Aguirre, Francisco; Rodrigues, Alicia Torres; Ceballos- Gonzáles, Leonor; Alba, Juan Pablo. 2018: “Derecho humano al agua potable en la localidad de Tlachichilco del Carmen en el municipio de Poncitlán, Jalisco, México: análisis preliminar de un problema en un territorio periurbano”. Agua y Territorio / Water and Landscape, 12, 59-70. https://doi.org/10.17561/at.12.4069

Kaczmarek, Nils; Mahjoubi, Imane; Benlasri, Mokhtar; Nothof, Maren; Schäfer, Ralf B.; Frör, Oliver; Berger, Elisabeth. 2023: “Water quality, biological quality, and human well-being: Water salinity and scarcity in the Draa River basin, Morocco”. Ecological Indicators, 148, 110050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110050

Miljojkovic, Dragoljub; Trepsic, Ivana; Milovancevic, Milovancevic. 2019: “Assessment of physical and chemical indicators on water turbidity”. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 527, 121171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. physa.2019.121171

Narzetti, Daniel Antonio; Marques, Rui Cunha. 2021: “Access to water and sanitation services in Brazilian vulnerable areas: The role of regulation and recent institutional reform”. Water, 13(6), 787. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060787

Paca, Juliana. M.; Santos, Francisca M.; Pires, Jose. C. M.; Leitao, Anabela A.; Boaventura, Rui A. R. 2019: “Quality assessment of water intended for human consumption from Kwanza, Dande and Bengo rivers (Angola)”. Environmental Pollution, 254, 113037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113037

Seben, Débora; Toebe, Marcos; Wastowski, Arci Dirceu; Hofstätter, Keli; Volpatto, Fernanda; Zanella, Renato; Prestes, Osmar Damian; Golombieski, Jaqueline Irineu. 2021: “Water quality variables and emerging environmental contaminant in water for human consumption in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil”. Environmental Challenges, 5, 100266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100266

Şener, Şehnaz; Şener, Erhan; Varol, Simge. 2020: “Hydro-chemical and microbiological pollution assessment of irrigation water in Kızılırmak Delta (Turkey)”. Environmental pollution, 266, 115214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115214

Silva, Neusely; Junqueira, Valéria Christina Amstalden; Silveira, Neliane Ferraz de Arruda; Taniwaki, Marta Hiromi; Gomes, Renato Abeilar Romeiro; Okazaki, Margarete Midori. 2017: “Manual de métodos de análise microbiológica de alimentos e água”. São Paulo (Brasil), Blucher, 15-70.

SPLABOR, Splabor Equipamentos para Laboratórios. 2023: Desvendando a turbidez da água. https://www.splabor.com.br/blog/turbidimetro/desvendando-a-turbidez-da-agua-saiba-mais/

Tyagi, Shweta; Sharma, Bhavtosh; Singh, Prashant; Dobhal, Rajendra. 2013: “Water quality assessment in terms of water quality index”. American Journal of water resources, 1(3), 34-38. https://doi.org/10.12691/ajwr-1-3-3

União, Diário Oficial. 2021: Portaria nº 888, de 04 de maio de 2021. https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-gm/ms-n-888-de-4-de-maio-de-2021-318461562

Wang, Yiyao; He, Wei; Chen, Chao; Zhang, Xiangin; Tang, Hong; Li, Penghui; Tong, Yingdong; Li, Ming; Lin, Yan; Yu, Jiang; Xu, Fuliu; Jia, Xu. 2022: “Different countries need strengthen water management to improve human health”. Journal of Cleaner Production, 380, 134998. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134998

Downloads

Published

2025-07-10

Issue

No. 27 (2025): Water imaginaries and narratives: multicultural inquiries

Section

Miscellaneous

License

Copyright (c) 2025 Kleythyany Lacerda Nunes, Natan Silva Pereira, Silvana Souza Martins

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

© Universidad de Jaén

Seminario Permanente Agua, territorio y medio ambiente-CSIC.

The originals published in the printed and electronic editions of this journal are the property of the University of Jaén and the Seminario Permanente Agua, territorio y medio ambiente (CSIC), as well as the universities that publish specific monographs in Latin America or Europe. The origin must be cited in any partial or total reproduction.

Unless otherwise indicated, all the contents of the electronic edition are distributed under a "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Spain" (CC-by) licence. You can consult from here the informative version and the legal text of the license. This circumstance must be expressly stated in this way when necessary.

 

How to Cite

Lacerda Nunes, K., Silva Pereira, N., & Souza Martins, S. (2025). Water quality and human well-being: an assessment in agrovillage N2, rural area of Petrolina, semi-arid region of Pernambuco, Brazil. Agua Y Territorio Water and Landscape, 27, 275-291. https://doi.org/10.17561/at.27.8246