ESTUDOS E PROPOSTAS PARA O REAPROVEITAMENTO DE EFLUENTES TRATADOS NA ETE ARRUDAS, SABARÁ-MG.

The current scenario of water scarcity and the increasing need to protect the environment show how vulnerable nature is to human actions and retakes the importance of applying smarter water uses. For this reason, the reuse of effluents should be seen as an alternative to attenuate the imbalance generated by the lack of management of water resources. The objective of this work is to analyze the feasibility of reuse of the treated sewage in the Arrudas TEP, located in Sabará - MG, in secondary activities and non potable uses within the ETE itself or in nearby regions. For this, a bibliographical research was conducted to guide the evaluation of the effluent so that the treated effluent was in accordance with the parameters established by the Environmental Legislation and did not offer public health risks. Data were collected from the ETE for the evaluation of the effluent quality and correlation with the norms dictated by the Norms and, finally, the possible alternatives of effluent reuse were evaluated. The results clarify that it is possible, according to the class of treated sewage, to reuse for nobler purposes in order to avoid the direct discharge of the effluent into the bodies of water. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]