Transporte de sedimentos no rio Coruripe e quantificação do seu empilhamento a partir do evento pluviométrico de junho/2009 no reservatório Coruripe I município de Coruripe AL.

Abstract

The research aimed to evaluate the sediment transportation and deposition and the sedimentation (silt, siltation) in the Coruripe- I Reservoir, analyzing the quantification of the sediment transportation by drag (drag, dragging), and in suspension. The lake has, nowadays, 373 ha of water surface, and was built in 2006 to demand water for irrigation. It is located in the Coruripe River Hydrographic Basin, with 1562 Km2 of area. According to the batimétricos (bathymetric) data, the depth of the reservoir varies from 0.8 to 12.3 m, from the montant to the dam. To quantificate the transportation of the sediments in suspension and bearing, samples were taken above the reservoir, and the bottom sediments samples were collected within the lake at the same time as the Topo-bathymetric survey, with a Ecman dredging machine. Samples of suspended sediments were analyzed through total evaporation and subsequent weighting, than quantified in proportion to the sample volume. The size of the bottom samples wasn t possible to determine due the composition homogeneity of the samples, containing only mud. It was verified that the depositions are predominantly made up of silt and clay. It was estimated that the assoread volume of the lake, in 3 year of existence, is about 59,12%, with mean rate of sediment accumulated around 512,549.43 ton.ano-1. The areas of greater sedimentation and eutrophication were in the direction from downstream to montant by sediments, derived from the river that provides the reservoir and from the laterals to the centre, due to sediment erosion brought from areas of the reservoir slopes, planted with cane sugar, in which are not maintained the tracks of ciliary preservation, which would act as a kind of filter by reducing this direct contribution. It is estimated that, if urgent decisions to contain the marginal sediments were taken, this reservoir utile life can rise to approximately 85 years, otherwise, if the current level of sedimentation (sedimentation) continues, the effective utile life will not exceed 3 years.