Desenvolvimento de aplicativo móvel no contexto dos agrotóxicos em recursos hídricos.

Abstract

The supply of quality fresh water has become the most important natural resource in this decade. Agricultural expansion and the large-scale food production model have made Brazil one of the world's biggest consumers of pesticides and also one of the countries that tolerates the presence of these substances in water the most, without there being an efficient dissemination system on the subject. In this context, Information and Communication Technologies can be an ally in scientific dissemination. Apps for smartphones are a method that has not yet been explored in the field of water resources, especially those aimed at guaranteeing access to information on the quality of drinking water. In this sense, the aim of this work was to develop a mobile application for Android, as a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), with data on the parameters of pesticides in drinking water offered by Brazilian Water Supply Networks and made available by the National Program for Surveillance of Water Quality for Human Consumption (VIGIAGUA). The app also has five other functions: Consultation of Legislation on Pesticides, Rapid River Assessment Protocol (PAR), Contacts for Toxicological Assistance Centers and Contact Centers for the Return of Used Pesticide Packaging. The study was divided into two parts: the first was a survey of the literature on pesticides in drinking water and the second was the development of the application using the free, open-access software Mit App Inventor. The results presented demonstrate the viability of the App developed as an aid to scientific dissemination, especially in terms of popularizing access to data on water monitoring from the Information System for the Surveillance of Water Quality for Human Consumption (SISAGUA), as well as the chance to identify some of VIGIAGUA's shortcomings, thus being able to make recommendations for improvements to it, while delivering a new technological tool to society, with the prospect that this Application can be improved in new studies.