AVALIAÇÃO DO CONSUMO PER CAPITA DE ÁGUA NO MUNICÍPIO DE ITAPECURU MIRIM (MA)

Abstract

The consumption of treated water in the world is increasing, while water availability has been reduced each year, thus per capita consumption should be better observed that public policies can maintain the balance between availability and demand. In this context, this paper is to evaluate the local level, per capita consumption of water in the water in the municipality of Itapecuru Mirim, operated by the Companhia de Saneamento Ambiental do Maranhão. With this peolpe system was assessed for both the daily consumption in homes equiped that have water meters and compare with data from the National Information System on Sanitation. The survey of the population count and measurement of water supplied daily to each consumer, the average value found of per capita was 136.8 L.hab⁻1. day⁻¹. Research validates the methodology used by SNIS, because we know that the period in CAEMA is unimpressive. Us energy aspects, noted a gradual improvement of efficiency in the consumption of electricity in four recent yearshaving the same fact occurred with CAEMA.