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RESUMO O processo de urbanização e a impermeabilização do solo provocam alterações no balanço hídrico, gerando maior percentagem de escoamento superficial, com o aumento da frequência e da magnitude de inundações. Para mitigar esses impactos, podem ser implantadas bacias de detenção (BD) que diminuem os picos de vazão. Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar as BD implantadas no município de São Carlos (SP), por meio de variáveis relativas a aspectos físicos, de gestão e integração urbana (posição, isolamento, conservação, uso, enchimento/ esvaziamento, processos construtivos, manutenção, custos). Para tanto, foram realizadas visitas in loco a cada uma das 26 unidades identificadas, em momentos com e sem evento de precipitação. Também foram consultados os projetos de drenagem e foram feitas entrevistas com agentes envolvidos. Como resultado, observou-se que todas as unidades previam somente a função hidrológica, que vem sendo atendida na medida em que ocorre o enchimento e posterior esvaziamento por meio de orifício de fundo em menos de 24 horas (exceto em três casos onde somente há infiltração no solo). Não há preocupação de integração com o espaço urbano nem de se encontrarem outros usos para o espaço ocupado pelas unidades. Observou-se uma tendência de falta de manutenção frequente, com crescimento excessivo de vegetação, principalmente naquelas sob gestão pública. Os custos obtidos de implantação variaram em torno de valores mencionados na literatura. Mesmo considerando que o controle hidrológico está sendo atendido, recomendam-se melhorias quanto à manutenção, bem como uma mudança de paradigma na concepção das BD, que passe a prever usos múltiplos.
ABSTRACT The accelerated urbanization process, together with a disordered occupation of the land, causes changes in the water balance, generating a greater percentage of surface runoff and increasing the frequency and magnitude of floods. As a measure to mitigate these impacts, detention basins (DB) are implemented in the urban environment to reduce the peak flow. This study aimed to evaluate the DB built in São Carlos (SP), Brazil, through established variables related to physical as well as management and urban integration aspects (position, insulation, conservation, use, filling/emptying, construction processes, maintenance, costs). For this purpose, on-site visits were made to each of the 26 identified units, with or without precipitation events. Drainage projects were also consulted and interviews were conducted with agents involved in the issue. Results showed that all units serve only a hydrological function, through the filling and subsequent emptying of stored water by means of a bottom hole in less than 24 hours (except in three cases where there is only soil infiltration). There is no concern about integration with the urban space or about finding other uses for the space occupied by the units. There is a tendency of lack of frequent maintenance, with excessive vegetation growth, especially in units under public management. The costs of implementation vary around values mentioned in the literature (between R$ 50 and R$ 25/m3). Although hydrological control is being provided, improvements in maintenance are recommended, as well as a paradigm shift in design that allows for multiple uses for DB.
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RESUMO Os sistemas de drenagem urbana podem representar fontes de aporte de poluentes aos corpos receptores aos quais se destinam. Diante disso, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo propor uma ferramenta para modelagem do sistema de drenagem urbana da bacia da Vertente Marítima de Fortaleza, Ceará, visando à avaliação das cargas bacteriológicas. Para esse fim, foi selecionado o stormwater management model (SWMM) para as simulações hidrológicas e hidráulicas; propôs-se uma metodologia para o cálculo das cargas bacteriológicas por meio da estimativa da carga difusa [CD] (NMP. dia-1.ha-1) e para a correlação desta com uma série de variáveis hidroambientais; e analisaram-se cenários para diferentes condições de precipitação pluviométrica, coleta de esgoto e resíduos sólidos dispostos inadequadamente (RSDI). Os resultados mostraram que o SWMM oferece respostas representativas e que o período chuvoso é responsável pelo maior aporte da carga bacteriológica à orla. Em relação ao modelo preditivo, foi ajustada uma função de potência de segunda ordem correlacionando CD com a precipitação média mensal (mm.dia-1) para as três sub-bacias analisadas. Posteriormente, os coeficientes das equações encontradas foram correlacionados ao indicador RSDI (kg.dia-1), obtendo-se um ajuste logarítmico (R2 = 0,99), com o qual é possível gerar uma equação de estimativa de CD para qualquer sub-bacia da Vertente Marítima. A análise dos cenários mostrou haver aumento significativo da carga em precipitações extremas (2 vezes) e diminuição considerável com a elevação da fração da população interligada à rede de esgoto, bem como diminuição da produção de RSDI (0,28 e 0,38 vezes do valor inicial nos Riachos Jacarecanga e Maceió, respectivamente).
ABSTRACT Urban drainage systems can represent sources of pollutants input to the receiving bodies for which they are intended. Therefore, the present work aims to propose a tool for modeling the urban drainage system of the Vertente Marítima basin of Fortaleza, Ceará, aiming at the evaluation of bacteriological loads. For this purpose, the Stormwater Management Model (SWMM) was selected for the hydrological and hydraulic simulations; a methodology for the calculation of bacteriological loads was proposed by estimating the diffuse load [DL] (MPN, day-1.ha-1) and its correlation with a series of hydro-environmental variables and scenarios for different pluviometry precipitation conditions were analyzed, as well as sewage collection and inadequately disposed solid waste (IDSW). The results show that SWMM gives representative results and that the rainy season is responsible for the greater contribution of the bacteriological load to the seafront. Regarding the predictive model, a second-order potential function was adjusted by correlating DL with the average monthly precipitation (mm.day-1) for the three sub-basins analyzed. Subsequently, the coefficients of the equations found were correlated to IDSW (kg.day-1), obtaining a logarithmic adjustment (R2 = 0.99), with which it is possible to obtain a DL estimation equation for any sub-basin of Vertente Marítima. An analysis of the scenarios showed a significant increase of the load in extreme precipitations (twice) and a considerable decrease with the increase of the fraction of the population connected to the sewage network and the decrease of IDSW production (0.28 and 0.38 times the initial value in the Jacarecanga and Maceió Stream, respectively).
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RESUMO No Brasil, mais de 80% da população brasileira vive em cidades. Como consequência desse crescimento populacional, há impermeabilização do solo, ocupação das faixas marginais de proteção dos rios, desmatamentos, canalização de rios, quantidade crescente de resíduos sólidos que são jogados nesses corpos hídricos, dentre outras. Quando ocorre grande precipitação pluvial, os corpos hídricos transbordam provocando inundações com danos materiais, humanos, ambientais que impactam a saúde da população. No mundo, 20 milhões de pessoas sofrem anualmente com enchentes. O Brasil ocupa a 11ª colocação no ranking com 270 mil pessoas atingidas pelas inundações. Este artigo, pesquisa histórica, descritiva com pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, faz uma reflexão da evolução do processo de manejo de águas pluviais urbanas desde a fase da drenagem tradicional, com a implantação de medidas estruturais e não estruturais com o propósito de afastar as águas, passando pela drenagem sustentável, quando, com intuito de retardar o fluxo das águas são construídos reservatórios subterrâneos até a fase atual quando são propostas soluções baseadas ou em sintonia com a natureza, com estruturas cinzas e verdes. Deseja-se contribuir para a sensibilização de gestores e da população para que cada um cumpra o seu papel no consciente manejo adequado das águas pluviais urbanas.
ABSTRACT In Brazil, over 80% of the Brazilian population live in cities. As a consequence of that population growth, there is waterproofing of the soil, occupation of marginal river protection strips, deforestation, river channeling, increasing amount of solid waste that is thrown into these water bodies, among others. When great rainfall occurs, water bodies overflow and cause flooding with material, human and environmental damage impacting the health of the population. In the world, 20 million people suffer annually from floods. Brazil occupies the 11th place in the ranking with 270 thousand people being affected by the floods. This article, therefore, makes a critical analysis of the evolution of the process of urban rainwater management from the traditional drainage phase, with the implementation of structural and non-structural measures with the purpose of repelling water, including the use of sustainable drainage, with the purpose of delaying the flow of water by constructing underground reservoirs, to the present phase when solutions are proposed based on or in harmony with nature, with gray and green structures. We hope to contribute to raising the awareness of managers and of the population so that each one fulfills their role in the appropriate and conscious management of urban rainwater.
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Aims: To develop a modelling methodology for evaluating the cumulative stormwater performance of Low Impact Development technologies on a watershed basis to address stormwater impacts of urban development. Study Design: A method is presented to perform hydrological modelling on large watersheds. Hydrological modelling simulations and linear regression analyses of a small sample of randomly selected lots were performed to generate results which were extrapolated to the entire watershed. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University, between September 2010 and September 2012. Methodology: Urban hydrological response units were developed by using the K-means cluster analysis procedure to group 6926 lot parcels amenable to the residential rain barrel Low Impact Development practice into clusters. Two versions of a Microsoft Excel macro were developed to run simulations for thousands of lots simultaneously before and after Low Impact Development implementation to determine the total runoff produced by all lots for both cases. The results of computer modelling all lots were compared with the results from developing calculation methods to be used after computer modelling subsets of lots. Two calculation methods based on clustering lots to form urban hydrological response units were developed. A random sample of 5 % of all lots was then extracted from 6616 lots amenable to the porous pavement Low Impact Development. Stepwise linear regression and linear regression were performed on the random sample for each case of no Low Impact Development and with Low Impact Development. Regression equations were used to extrapolate results from the sample to the entire data set to determine the total runoff volume produced by each set of lots. Results: Results from the cluster-based calculation methods developed as applied to residential rain barrels were unsatisfactory since they did not approximate the output values from modelling all lots using software. The alternative method applied to porous pavement Low Impact Development implementation, entailing stepwise linear regression and linear regression, produced 945,382.97 m3 and 747,380.13 m3 of total runoff respectively. These values closely approximated corresponding values generated by the modelling software of 937,088.58 m3 and 746,462.40 m3. Conclusion: The formation of urban hydrological response units may be unnecessary for hydrological modelling Low Impact Development technologies for large watersheds. Hydrological characteristics for only a small, randomly selected subset of all lots can be used to determine total runoff volume produced by all lots in the watershed before and after Low Impact Development implementation.