Impacts of basic sanitation in religious tourist spots of Juazeiro do Norte-Ceará: An experience report

Abstract

The absence of basic sanitation is inserted in the insufficient water supply and the absence of treatments, inadequate sanitary sewage, incorrect storage of solid waste and precarious housing scenarios. There were great advances in relation to basic sanitation in Brazil in the first half of the 20th century, these advances were proposed by the sanitary doctor Oswaldo Cruz. In view of this, sanitary measures were adopted that sought to contain the spread of various pathological agents that caused diseases at that time. The objective of the project is to analyze and understand the importance of basic sanitation in health and which impacts can interfere in the health of the population. The project is a descriptive and quantitative qualitative analysis starting with an experience report, for the construction of the project a bibliographical review was carried out in scientific articles addressed by the proposed theme. Therefore, a field research was carried out in the religious sights of Juazeiro do Norte - Ceará, to evaluate the impacts caused by the lack of adequate basic sanitation. Therefore, we can observe that the accelerated development of cities promotes a greater consumption of industrialized goods and disposable products, in which the generation of such waste is increasing. Which results in insufficient space for your destination, causing one of the major problems for the environment. It is concluded that it is important to provide guidance on the correct disposal of solid waste to visitors who visit the sights of Juazeiro do Norte - Ceará, it is also necessary to enable people who live in the vicinity of these sights, so that they contain the amount of garbage, and the city government minimizes open sewers, thus avoiding damage to the health of the population.