Eutrophication of water resources as a tool for understanding waterborne transmission
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https://doi.org/10.5007/2177-5230.2016v31n62p247Abstract
Inadequate environmental sanitation directly affects water quality and human life. This study evaluated the trophic status and the incidence of water linking conditions in watersheds with different degrees of urbanization in the North of the island of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis-SC. The Trophic Index (TRIX) and information on the incidence of waterborne conditions provided by the Municipal Florianópolis Health were used. In 2014, it was diagnosed 5,358 cases of diarrhea and gastroenteritis in the Emergency Unit - APU North, located in the district of Canasvieiras, watershed of Papaquara river, where the waters have eutrophic features. The lower incidence of disease was associated with improved water quality, which occurred in channel Jurerê. The research allowed to warn the interventions needed to be carried out both by the sanitary service supply as by the Government, in compliance with water quality pattern established by CONAMA.
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