Lagoa de alta taxa de degradação: experiência no Nordeste do Brasil.

Abstract

This work has the objective of contributing to the study of shallow stabilization ponds with maximum utilization of incident light energy for algal photosynthesis, making possible a high rate of biochemical degradation of organic material, únder predominantily aerobic conditions - "high rate ponds". We are presenting essentially a bibliographic study of prevlous experiments and design criteria, together with experimental data of research carried out in a pilot study of a pond situated in the North East of Brazil, including conclusions and recommendations for future studies.