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washing systems with lower water requirements, as well as water treatment stations for
public supply through the adequate recuperation and reuse of water used to wash filters
and decanters. The Niteroi Municipality Act (Law N o. 2.856/2011) establishes mechanisms
to encourage the installation of collection system and wastewater reuse in public and private
buildings. Under the Act, new public or private buildings, with an area over 500m 2 and
water consumption greater than or equal to 20m 3 per day are obliged to encourage and
promote gray water reuse.
Fig. 4. Land Cover Classification map from 2010 period
Land Cover Classses 1985 2001 2010 Variation (%)
1985-2010
Vegetation 1,590.738 1,268.749 1,193.087 -24.99
Fields 1,791.635 1,985.152 1,833.160 +2.32
Anthropogenic 661.874 829.596 1,035.973 +56.52
Exposed 48.72 1.44 19.16 -60.67
Table 1. Land Cover areas (km 2) in the three study periods.
5.2 Conservation units in the Guanabara Basin
The Figure 5, Table 2, shows the delimitation of the major conservation units in the
Guanabara Bay Basin according to their uses as strict protection or sustainable use. The
units are managed by Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural
Resources (IBAMA), Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio),