Basic sanitation: impact of cleaning sewage on Olinda-PE

Abstract

Studies confirm that more than 1 billion people do not have access to safe housing and basic sanitation services, leading to the easy proliferation of many diseases and environmental degradation due to lack of potable water, sewage trash. Today, sewage is the largest marine pollution problem globally, both in the amount of polluting material dumped and the public health problems it causes. The objective of this study was to describe basic sanitation and the problem of sewage discharged at the Olinda Municipality - PE, presenting a guide for a Sewage Treatment Station. This is a case study, with an exploratory objective and qualitative nature, based on a section of the Olinda-PE Municipality, with sewage disposal at sea. It was possible to perceive that great environmental problems are and this must be seen in a global way, because it affects both the lives of humans as well as vegetation and animals. One of the major problems that are related to the pollution of the sea are the wastes among them the components, physical, chemical and biological stand out. The Sewage Treatment Station (ETE) is one of the solutions that can avoid pollution and improve the quality of life, as well as make the environment more comfortable and pleasant to the entire population