The Environmental Problems of The Road of Water Black / Areal, Rural Area of Manaus / Amazonas

Abstract

The implementation of paved or unpaved branches in the State of Amazonas, in addition to allowing the flow of agricultural products and connecting rural areas to urban centers, is of social importance, as it facilitates the mobility of local residents, access to the school environment and goods. family consumption. The objective of the research was to analyze the environmental problems, from the Água Preta / Areal Branch, located on the left bank of Highway AM-010 kilometer 32, to kilometer 10 of BR-174, in the rural area of ​​Manaus-Amazonas. The methodological procedures involved the field practice and the photographic record of the degradation conditions of the branch. The research allowed to diagnose that the branch intersects with eleven water courses, which are used by the residents, for water consumption, six of them they are forming upstream lakes due to lack of flow in the manholes that are inadequate and have little flow downstream, in addition to the silting caused by the eroded material of the branch and the extraction of sand. In this sense, the socioenvironmental problems present at the branch, are growing at an accelerated rate over ecosystems and residents have been losing their sense of belonging in relation to the branch, due to the lack of characterization of the landscape.