Atuação do engenheiro ambiental diante de temáticas socioambientais: um estudo de caso em assentamento rural

Abstract

The set of problems and solutions that compose socio-environmental themes are possible acting areas of the environmental engineer, that are not fully evidenced and explored. In rural settlements the social and environmental reality is the generation and worsening of environmental liabilities arising from economic activities exploited by residents, often due lack of knowledge and technical assistance. The goal of this paper was to identify possibilities for the environmental engineer’sactregarding social and environmental issues in the rural settlement NossaSenhoraAparecida, Mariluz - PR. Through interviews, bibliographic review and comparison of these with Resolution number 218 of june 29th 1973, which describes the engineer graduated professional activities, also using the Sustainable Development Goals related to basic sanitation, electric energy and biodiversity. Among the interviewed, 85.3% consume water without treatment, 53.6% have septic tank. They usually misuse solid waste, wherefore do not have garbage removal or information about selective waste collection. In socio-environmental reality of rural settlements, the environmental engineer has practice area mainly related to activities 1 and 4 provided due Resolution, regarding supervision, coordination and technical guidance, and assistance, advisory and consulting, these broad assignments that ally technical knowledge and socio-environmental impact.