Percepção socioambiental aplicada em instituição de ensino no âmbito da racionalização do uso da água a partir de aproveitamento de águas pluviais.

Abstract

The rainwater harvesting is a topic that has been developing in recent years. It is evident the importance of sensitizing people to act responsibly and conscientiously so. The school is an area of sensitivity and awareness that can educate students on the school environment and the local community about the environment. The objective of this study was to perform at the Institute of Application Fernando Rodrigues da Silveira (CAp-UERJ) a survey of environmental awareness with students of the 2nd and 5th year of the early years of elementary school, from the awareness guided environmental education after installation of the rainwater harvesting system, developed in the project stormwater management - MAPLU approved by FINEP, whose goal is the development of urban and environmentally sound solutions for stormwater management. Workshops with each focus group and applied questionnaires were conducted to evaluate the results generated, as the workshops results showed an improvement in knowledge, because, from a participatory approach, the students were able to express their interests and expertise. In order to quantify water consumption information was raised to users of the institution, measurements of flow and water consumption provided by the State Company for Water and Sewer bills - CEDAE. Through interviews with samples of the population, there was the frequency and the average time of use of equipment, as well as the main activities that consume water. We estimated the average daily water consumption in CAp-UERJ of 13 L / day per student.