Desenvolvimento de um aplicativo na plataforma Android para monitoramento da qualidade da água bruta nos sistemas hídricos.

Abstract

Among natural elements, water is indispensable for all living beings’ survival, and is also used in most of the daily activities carried out by man. Therefore, in order to ensure the supply of good quality water resources for human consumption, the National Environment Council (CONAMA), through the Consolidation Ordinance No. 5 of September 28, 2017, has settled specific parameters of water potability. This casts attention on the importance of monitoring water quality, with the aim of defining which water sources are in adequate situation according to each type of use. However, one can observe the need and the lack of mechanisms that collect and make this data available in Paraíba. In this sense, this work has developed a tool for a mobile application, based on Android platform, named “Acquali”. The purpose of the tool is to collect the data on the water potability of the watersheds of Paraíba for better monitoring of hydric resources situation. To support it, an online cloud database was created for real-time storage of data collected by field agents and uploaded through the application. Besides, a custom website was created to display graphically the information, so as to provide subsidies to water managers, river basin committees and the general public.