RESUMOOs dessalinizadores de água salobra de poços são bastante utilizados para dotar as comunidades rurais do semiárido brasileiro com água potável, sendo considerada uma tecnologia social de convivência com a seca. No entanto, na dessalinização, além da água potável, é gerada uma água residuária (rejeito) altamente salina que pode gerar sérios impactos ambientais negativos. Objetivou-se avaliar a qualidade da água e a percepção dos usuários quanto aos aspectos socioambientais relacionados à utilização de equipamentos de dessalinização instalados em oito localidades em Pentecoste, Ceará (Mulungu, Muquenzinho, Irapuá, Macacos, Barra do Leme, Capivara, Lagoa da Porta e Providência). Em cada localidade, foram coletadas três amostras de água do poço, dessalinizada e de rejeito, para caracterização físico-química. Os valores de CE para o rejeito variaram de 4,2 a 7,6 dS m -1 , representando riscos para o ambiente de acordo com padrões estabelecidos mundialmente. A localidade de Muquenzinho apresenta os maiores valores de pH, CE, Na e Ca para água do poço, dessalinizada e rejeito, em relação às demais localidades. A maior parte do rejeito gerado é utilizada para alimentação animal e a grande maioria da população, independente da localidade, não tem conhecimento se o uso desse rejeito causa algum dano à saúde humana ou ao ambiente.Palavras-chave: água subterrânea, rejeito de dessalinizador, salinidade, Semiárido. Socio-environmental aspects and quality of water from desalination plants in rural communities of Pentecoste-CE ABSTRACTDesalination plants are of great interest as an alternative to supply drinking water to hundreds of locations in the Brazilian semi-arid region and it is a social technology to cope with drought. However, desalination waste can contaminate groundwater and cause serious environmental impacts. The objective of this work was, therefore, to evaluate the quality of water and the perception of users regarding the socio-environmental aspects of the use of
Many studies have shown that the use of strategies for the management of saline water in irrigation reduces impacts on the soil and crops. We aimed to evaluate the effect of management strategies of irrigation with brackish water on leaf gas exchange and mineral concentrations of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.Walp.). The experiment was conducted in randomized blocks with thirteen treatments and five replications. The treatments consisted of: T1 (control), T2, T3 and T4 using water of 0.5 (A1), 2.2 (A2), 3.6 (A3) and 5.0 (A4) dS m -1 , respectively, during the entire crop cycle; T5, T6 and T7, use of A2, A3 and A4 water, respectively, only in the flowering and fructification stage of the crop cycle; using different water in a cyclic way, six irrigations with A1 followed by six irrigations with A2 (T8), A3 (T9) and A4, (T10), respectively; T11, T12 and T13, using water A2, A3 and A4, respectively, starting at 11 days after planting (DAP) and continuing until the end of the crop cycle. Continuous application of the high salinity water (above 3.6 dS m -1 ) over the whole cycle of cowpea inhibits leaf gas exchange, being stomatal conductance the most sensitive variable. The alternate use of brackish water or only in the salt tolerant growth stage reduces the accumulation of potentially toxic ions (especially chloride) and maintains the similar values of leaf gas exchange and total essential nutrients ( K, Ca and Mg) extracted by plants, in relation to plants irrigated with canal water (low salinity).
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