Seawater Monitoring under the Influence of SABESP Sea Outfalls in Baixada Santista (South Coast) and North Coast - São Paulo State - Brazil
In order to assess the environmental conditions of the receiving water body, as well as to measure the dispersion of the outfall plume before the construction and during its operation, environment monitoring has been an essential tool. SABESP has been using monitoring programs for decision making an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo S.A (SABESP)
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Revista DAE |
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| Online Access: | http://revistadae.com.br/artigos/artigo_edicao_204_n_1659.pdf |
| Summary: | In order to assess the environmental conditions of the receiving water body, as well as to measure the dispersion of the outfall plume before the construction and during its operation, environment monitoring has been an essential tool. SABESP has been using monitoring programs for decision making and to give reliability in diagnoses and prognoses for sea outfall management. This paper presents a compilation of the main monitoring programs that SABESP has been working on over the last 10 (ten) years (since 2005) in São Paulo coastal regions under influence of several sea outfalls. Through the major monitoring results, the aim of this paper is to discuss the impacts that outfalls have been causing in the coastal area of São Paulo State. In summary, the influence of ocean outfalls in changing the quality of water in Baixada Santista and North Coast is limited mainly at the mixing zone close to the diffuser. |
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| ISSN: | 0101-6040 0101-6040 |