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No presente estudo analisou-se a recarga no sistema aquífero existente na área do campus Pampulha da UFMG, em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Este Sistema Aquífero é composto por dois aquíferos em um ambiente geológico com duas identidades litoestratigráficas distintas. Sendo, um aquífero granular, sobrejacente, caracterizado pelo manto de intemperismo, e um aquifero fraturado, subjacente, caracterizado por rochas do Complexo Belo Horizonte, principalmente gnaisses e granitos. A área de estudo possui uma rede de poços tubulares profundos e poços de monitoramento, formada por doze poços tubulares profundos e sete poços de monitoramento. Neste estudo a recarga foi qualificada a partir de premissas das principais variáveis que a influenciam, entre elas a precipitação, a litologia, a profundidade do nível potenciométrico e o relevo. O trabalho se baseou em dados pré-existentes advindos do monitoramento do nível d’água, realizado entre 1997 e 2000, em poços e piezômetros existentes na área de estudo. A análise estatística apontou a precipitação e a textura dos solos como os fatores que mais influenciam na recarga local. Foi constatado que há uma conexão hidráulica entre os dois aquíferos e, por conseguinte uma recarga indireta do aquífero superior para o basal.Palavras-chave: Recarga direta; monitoramento de nível d’água; conexão hidráulica; aqüíferos poroso e fraturado. Abstract: ANALYSIS ON RECHARGE OF AQUIFER SYSTEM GRANULAR AND FISSURE ON UFMG CAMPUS AREA, BELO HORIZONTE, MG. In the present paper we analyzed the existing aquifer recharge system in the campus area UFMG, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. This aquifer system consists of two aquifers in a geological environment with two distinct lithostratigraphic identities. Being a granular aquifer, overlying, characterized by weathering mantle, and a fractured aquifer, underlying, characterized by rocks of the Complex Belo Horizonte, mainly gneisses and granites. The study area has a network of deep wells and monitoring wells, formed by twelve deep wells and seven monitoring wells. In this study the clearance was qualified from the premises of the main variables that influence it, including precipitation, lithology, depth of potentiometric level and relief. The work was based on pre-existing data obtained from the monitoring of the water level, conducted between 1997 and 2000 in existing wells and piezometers in the study area. The statistical analysis showed precipitation and soil texture as the factors that most influence in local recharge. It has been found that there is a hydraulic connection between the two aquifers and therefore an indirect upper aquifer recharge to baseline.Keywords: Recharge; water level monitoring; hydraulic connection; fractured and granular aquifer.

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The Taquari River Basin, located in Poços de Caldas Alkaline Complex, in the southern portion of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, is situated in an old volcanic caldera. Due to its chemical and radiological characteristics, it is an area of economic and mineral interest, and is also home to diverse flora and fauna systems. In its surroundings, there are agricultural areas, industries (active and inactive) and urban and rural centers. This work investigated the total and potentially bioavailable concentrations of major and trace elements for the evaluation of geogenic and anthropogenic contamination potentials in the water bodies. The results show that there is an anthropogenic contribution (fertilizers and mining tailings) in some sectors of the Taquari River Basin, generating possible concerns regarding the quantity of elements that may be transferred to the water bodies. Furthermore, there is the striking geogenic contribution from naturally enriched areas, presenting distinct situations that generate an increase in the concentration of chemical elements in the water bodies.

Mining activities generate several impacts. Besides the environmental damages, the exploration of radioactive minerals, such as uranium and thorium, is responsible for another kind of problems and concerns. Radioactive materials can remain dangerous for long time periods, what requires radioprotection measures in order to protect the health of the workers and the public in general. This work shows the results of a radiometric survey done in a uranium mine that is under a decommissioning process, in the southeast region of Brazil. The results show that there is potassium and radium in almost the whole region called Waste Rock Pile number 4, where tons of wastes are deposited. However, the radiation values are under the permissible limits for workers, although the place can not be considered as a free area, according to the Brazilian rules.