Análise de microplásticos (MPS) dos principais flúmens de Ponta Grossa: visando o desenvolvimento de uma metodologia identificadora na água

Abstract

The current scenario of water pollution highlights the need to carry out a bibliographical and experimental overview of the pollutants that are not removed with the water treatment protocol, evaluating whether the waters from the distribution stations in the city of Ponta Grossa contain these analytes. This research consists of presenting water pollution by microplastics, which aims to develop an innovative technique using UV/VIS Spectroscopy, aiming to quantify the pollutants in the samples. Instrumental analyses will be carried out on the object of study of this project, in order to develop an efficient technique for verifying the pollutant under study. The nature of the research in terms of objectives is exploratory, explanatory and descriptive, with regard to the data source, it falls within the bibliographic, experimental and field typology, being qualitative and quantitative. During the research, it was necessary to adapt existing methodologies in the process of developing analysis techniques. Regarding the results of the research, it was found that the technique developed was efficient in verifying and quantifying microplastics present in water, and that it fulfills its objective in contributing to the scientific community and other competent bodies for water treatment.