Processos erosivos gerados após a instalação de grandes objetos técnicos: uma abordagem sobre a usina hidrelétrica Foz do Chapecó

Abstract

The increasing demand for electricity in Brazil brings with it the need to implement hydropower projects to meet the industry's spending and the population. The question addressed is not only define as water removes, transports and dumps sediments, but demonstrate the great strength of erosion and its impact on the environment. Developing an analysis addressing the key players who have contributed to soil degradation, defining the area that suffered from the erosion on the banks downstream of the spillway of the hydroelectric plant Foz do Chapecó, identifying the causes, processes and the end area eroded in square meters, to thus conceptualizing the environmental impacts of the high rainfall levels, developing a real environmental analysis of the area covering the UHE Foz do Chapecó. With this argument, further study on the environmental impact generated after installation of this enterprise, analyzing the realities of erosion caused by the high level of rainfall generated at the end of July 2014.