Revision on Basic Sanitation of the Municipalities of the Babitonga Bay Environment
The National Plan for Basic Sanitation is based on the regulation of basic sanitation in all national municipalities, based on the principles of water supply, sewage, urban cleaning and solid waste management, ensuring the safety and health of the population. This study was based on a bibliographical review of the municipal solid waste and basic sanitation plans of the six municipalities around Babitonga Bay. All municipalities analyzed have companies responsible for water treatment. The six municipalities evaluated have a water treatment plant, with reservoir. The extension of the water network, adding all the municipalities is of 2,610,668 meters. However, it does not yet cover the entire population, which is why some residents still collect water from wells, springs, and others. Only Joinville and Araquari, have a sewage collection system with treatment plant. Although all municipalities are adapting to the effluent treatment system, none of them are consolidated in the plan, most of which have individual treatment systems (septic tank) as the final disposal of the municipalities’ sewage. All six municipalities in the vicinity of Babitonga Bay have solid waste collection and only Balneário Barra do Sul, do not have a selective collection of solid waste. Keywords: Municipal Plans; Water treatment, Basic sanitation.