OLIVEIRA JÚNIOR, G. S.; OLIVEIRA JÚNIOR, Genildo da Silva.
Abstract:
With the long period of drought that hit the semi-arid region of Northeastern
Brazil from 2011 until the beginning of 2017, we had as a consequence the loss in the
level of water in several of the reservoirs existing in this region, being one of them the
Epitácio Pessoa dam that is responsible for supply the city of Campina grande. Due to
this problem the demand for other water sources to meet the needs of the population
has arisen, especially in high demand areas such as residential buildings, commercial
areas and hospitals, and one of the alternatives found by users was the use of
groundwater through drilling of wells. Among the various neighborhoods of Campina
Grande, the silver neighborhood is the one that best fits the characteristics mentioned
above, because it has several residential buildings, many clinics, several commercial
points and colleges, so this work had the objective of performing a survey of the
existing drillings in the silver district to analyze the characteristics of the wells and to
determine if the groundwater would be used within the permitted parameters. All well
drilling data were obtained from companies specialized in this area, and with them in
hand it was possible to perform several analyzes, such as well depth, flow data and
water quality.