A questão do saneamento ambiental no assentamento estrela do norte, Montes Claros MG: diagnóstico e propostas para melhorias

Abstract

Although Brazil has much of the population living in rural areas, it still continues struggling by socio-economic difficulties, largely, due to the inequalities of the land in the country and the failure of Land Reform projects. In the Estrela do Norte Settlement, old Sanharó farm, located to 24 km from the city of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, the situation is not different. Given this, the aim of this study was to seek, within this settlement, the problems from nature socio-environmental in order to propose strategies to minimize the problems arising from lack of Environmental Sanitation. The method used in the study was case study with a descriptive approach. The tool for data collection was the structured interview with a questionnaire to the settlers. The results indicated lack, in a greater or lesser scale in all subjects studied: precariousness of the roads, many inadequate houses, contamination and water shortages, lack of environmental sanitation, among others. The work proposed some strategies to minimize the damage due to the lack of sanitation and the water issue, among them the construction in the long run, of cistern of plates, and of calçadão cistern, to ensure water of quality in the dry season and also it suggested models of toilets of low-cost and that meets the adjustments of environmental sanitation, such as the Dry Bathroom, Bathroom with Biodigestor Fossa and Bath with Evapotranspiration Tank. In front of the results, it is important to say that promote the development of rural centers is to help promote the real development of the country and guarantee to many Brazilians, dignified living conditions.