ANALYSIS OF GROUDWATER RESOURCES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA ROSA – RS

Abstract

Water is a natural resource essential to life, so it is necessary that there is a broad knowledge about their quantity and quality. This paper presents an analysis of groundwater in the Santa Rosa state Southern Brazil. Its main goal is to characterize the groundwater resources of the municipality through a spatial map, conduct an assessment of the physico-chemical and hydrodynamic groundwater. Were registered their wells in urban and rural areas. Were used to carrying out the study, pre-existing data on the website of the Groundwater Information System (SIAGAS), the prefecture of City of Santa Rosa. Were executed contacts with the companies well drilling and was carried out also field research with the use of Global Position System (GPS) and computational techniques. To characterize the groundwater, was executed the analysis of physical and chemical parameters in samples collected in the field. As most relevant result of this research has been the registration the position wells for a possible monitoring and generation of several maps showing the spatial distribution of water quality. Thus, this study will contribute to the proper planning of the municipality of Santa Rosa bringing benefits to governing bodies and society.