Plataforma de monitoramento da qualidade de águas superficiais: estudo de caso dos portos de Belém e Barcarena/PA

Abstract

Water is the essential input for life and various human activities. With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, it brought numerous benefits to humanity; however, it also incurred costs, such as water pollution. One of the tools to curb water contamination is environmental management based on water quality monitoring, guided by laws and environmental indicators. To control and track data for water quality monitoring, the principles of Industry 4.0, considered the fourth industrial revolution, have been applied in recent years. The emergence of these technologies dedicated to water monitoring brings benefits to managers and decision-makers, aiding in the assessment of water resource quality. This allows for a more efficient and reliable approach to collected information. In light of this, this study developed a digital platform for monitoring and diagnosing data related to the environmental control of surface waters. The goal was to address the vast amount of data derived from large cities like Belém and Barcarena. To evaluate the functionality of the tool, areas synonymous with economic and social growth -ports - were chosen in these cities. The platform was created using JavaScript for the web system, and cloud storage utilized the Azure backend and Netlify frontend. The E-quality platform aims to fill the gap in information storage, providing monitoring results in an easy and dynamic manner. By evaluating the behavior of results over months and years through historical data, calculating environmental indices such as IQA and IET from the existing database, the platform assesses and filters gross errors, such as date errors, quantification limits, and assay expiration dates. It also compares the results with relevant legislation.