Programas de educação ambiental para melhoria da qualidade de água: estudo de caso: programa água pura - AGESPISA-PI

Abstract

The Água Pura Program, created by the Water and Sewage Company of Piauí S / A - AGESPISA in partnership with the Foundation for Amparo and Research of the State of Piauí - FAPEPI, is an environmental education project aimed at people, aiming at the improvement of the environment and the quality of life. The present study had the objective of evaluating the results obtained through the environmental education actions implemented in the AGESPISA Pure Water Program, from 2008 to 2017. For this purpose the characterization of the pure water program (description, implementation and decline), of the water and sewage company of Piauí; The main actions that generated the positive results were systematized, as opposed to the improvement aspects of the Água Pura Program; and, the results of the Program were evaluated based on the perceptions of the managers involved and the target audience. This is classified as qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, bibliographic and explanatory. Its universe consists of the employees / collaborators of the oil collection sector of AGESPISA and twenty commercial establishments registered in the Água Pura Program, located in the eastern and central areas of Teresina. The results of the research show that the said program provided an understanding about environmental education, especially regarding the disposal of used oil and the pollution of water resources due to the disposal of inappropriate cooking oil. The results were satisfactory, since the objectives of the program were achieved, favoring a socioenvironmental awareness of the participants on the theme of preservation of the environment.