Análise da percepção dos munícipes da cidade de Maputo em relação aos impactos socioambientais do saneamento básico: caso de gestão de esgotos domésticos no bairro Polana Caniço A

Abstract

The present study with the objective of analyzing the perception of the citizens of the city of Maputo in relation to the socioenvironmental impacts of basic sanitation was materialized through a qualitative methodological approach of a descriptive nature. To obtain the data, systematic observation and semi-structured interviews were used with scrip of eight open questions made to a sample of 15 residents, obtained through non-probability sampling, for convenience, which consisted of obtaining answers from residents who were willing to participate, aged 18 or over. The results, obtained from the content analysis based on the classification of data according to divergences and convergences, categorization according to the research questions and confrontation with information obtained as a theoretical reference in the literature review, indicate that the residents of Polana Caniço A have little knowledge of the socioenvironmental impacts of basic sanitation, specifically, the proper management, which is why they do not take measures to mitigate this problem and hold the municipal council for the consequences of their actions of deposition of sewage and domestic waste in the drainage ditch located in the neighborhood. Therefore, it is recommended to the health department of the municipal council of the city of Maputo, the creation of a domestic sewage system that is available for vulnerable neighborhoods and a program to make the population aware of the drainage ditch and the ways to domestic sewage management.