ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the uniformity of distribution in drip units applying dilutions of treated water produced by oil exploration. The experiment was set up in a completely randomized design in a split-split-plot scheme, with three replicates. The plots were composed of the treatments P0 - 100% groundwater, control; P10 - 90% groundwater and 10% produced water; P20 - 80% groundwater and 20% produced water; P30 - 70% groundwater and 30% produced water; and P40 - 60% groundwater and 40% produced water; the subplots had the types of non-pressure compensating drippers (D1 - 1.6 L h-1, Netafim Super Typhoon, D2 - 1.6 L h-1, Netafim Streamline and D3 - 1.7 L h-1, NaanDanJain TalDrip); and the sub-subplots contained the evaluation times (0, 40, 80, 120 and 160 h). Distribution uniformity and statistical uniformity coefficients were evaluated every 40 h, until completing 160 h. The pH of the dilutions was the attribute posing the highest risk of clogging to the emitters. Also in relation to dilutions, P40 caused greater application non-uniformity in D2, while the highest values of application uniformity were achieved in treatments P10 and P20 with D1 and D3, indicating the effectiveness of dilution in minimizing clogging.

A B S T R A C TThis study aimed to recover the flow rate of clogged drippers with different doses and permanence times of the product MaxBio. The experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design in split-split-plot scheme, where the plots corresponded to product doses (80, 160, 240 and 320 mg L -1 ), subplots to the applied treatments (T1 -without biological treatment, T2 -1 st application of the product, and T3 -2 nd application of the product) and in sub-subplots the types of emitters (Plastro Hydrodrip Super, Netafim Tiran and Netafim PCJ-CNJ), with three replicates. The four irrigation units operated with treated domestic wastewater for 400 h in order to clog the emitters. After applying the product MaxBio, the flow rate of the drippers and the relative flow rate reduction were determined to express the unclogging levels. There was significant effect of T2 and T3 on the recovery of the flow rate of the drippers, while for the reduction of relative flow rate, the doses of the product did not show statistical difference regarding the types of drippers.Tratamento biológico de gotejadores obstruídos pelo uso de efluente doméstico tratado R E S U M O Objetivou-se, neste trabalho, recuperar a vazão de gotejadores obstruídos com diferentes dosagens e tempos de permanência do produto MaxBio. O experimento foi montado no delineamento inteiramente casualizado em esquema de parcelas subsubdivididas tendo, nas parcelas, as doses do produto (80, 160, 240 e 320 mg L -1 ), nas subparcelas, os tratamentos aplicados (T1 -sem tratamento biológico; T2 -1ª aplicação do produto e T3 -2ª aplicação do produto) e, nas subsubparcelas, os tipos de gotejadores (Plastro Hydrodrip Super, Netafim Tiran e Netafim PCJ-CNJ), em três repetições. As quatro unidades de irrigação operaram com água residuária doméstica tratada, durante 400 h proporcionando a obstrução dos gotejadores. Após aplicação do produto MaxBio a vazão dos gotejadores e a redução da vazão relativa foram determinadas para expressar os níveis de desobstrução. Na recuperação da vazão dos gotejadores houve efeito significativo dos tratamentos T2 e T3 enquanto para a redução da vazão relativa às doses do produto não apresentaram diferença estatística em relação aos tipos de gotejadores.

The objective of this study was to evaluate changes in soil metal contents in an Ultisol cultivated with forage cactus (Nopalea cochenillifera) irrigated with diluted treated oil produced water (TOPW). The experiment was conducted in a randomized block design with five replications. The treatments consisted of 100% underground water (T1); 75% underground water plus 25% TOPW (T2); 50% underground water plus 50% TOPW (T3); 25% underground water plus 75% TOPW (T4); and 100% TOPW (T5). The plots consisted of 25 pots of 20 L in a greenhouse, in Mossoró, RN, Brazil. Soil samples from the 0-0.10 m and 0.10-0.20 m layers were collected at 240 days after planting, and Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Cr, Ni, Cd, and Pb contents were evaluated. The use of irrigations with diluted TOPW caused no contamination of the soils cultivated with forage cactus by the evaluated metals. T2 presented the lowest metal contents. Cr and Pb contents in the soil were significantly high, indicating that the application of TOPW should not be used continuously in the same area.