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Concentration of Traces Metals in Underground Dams in the Semi-Arid of the Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil: Case Study of the Sub-Basin of the Cobras River

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Several studies were carried out and drought coexistence technologies were developed to deal with the problem of drought in semiarid regions, such as the construction of underground dams, which became a tool for rural development, mainly for family agriculture. However, there are still scarce informations regarding technical studies on the water security level of underground dams, especially about trace metal contamination due to the use and agricultural occupation of the soils downstream of the dams. In this work, the level of contamination of trace metals in waters of underground dams, during two hydrological years, was evaluated around of the sub-basin of the Cobras river, in the Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil. The analysis of the results indicated that the water samples stored in the Alexandre and Ginaldo underground dams are within the permitted drinking patterns and did not suffer, on the other hand, any alteration in their quality that requires treatment for human consumption, fitting into Class 1. Most of the samples from the waters of the Boa Vista and Ademar dams are above the maximum allowable value for iron (Fe), lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), and nickel (Ni), requiring a differentiated treatment for human consumption, and can be classified as Class 2. The probable contamination of the waters stored in the underground dams may be of geological origin, since the largest accumulation of trace metals occurred in the lower area of the river course greater drained area, leading to believe that the metals come from the rock weathering that make up the geological framework of the region.

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This study acknowledges the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for granting scholarships to the authors.

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  1. Department of Environmental Management, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Mossoró, Brazil

    Alexandre de Oliveira Lima

  2. Center of Agrarian Sciences, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Mossoró, Brazil

    Nildo da Silva Dias, Cleyton dos Santos Fernandes, Yago Leopoldo Eleuterio Gurgel de Sousa, Líssia Letícia de Paiva Oliveira & José Darcio Abrantes Sarmento

  3. Department of Geology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

    Francisco Pinheiro Lima Filho

  4. Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolívia

    Rene Chipana Rivera

  5. Center of Agrarian Sciences, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Mossoró, Brazil

    Hozano de Souza Lemos Neto

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Alexandre de Oliveira Lima,, Francisco Pinheiro Lima Filho, and Yago Leopoldo Eleuterio Gurgel de Sousa. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Alexandre de Oliveira Lima, Nildo da Silva Dias, Cleyton dos Santos Fernandes, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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de Oliveira Lima, A., da Silva Dias, N., dos Santos Fernandes, C. et al. Concentration of Traces Metals in Underground Dams in the Semi-Arid of the Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil: Case Study of the Sub-Basin of the Cobras River. Water Air Soil Pollut 231, 178 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04505-1

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