Avaliação das condições de saneamento nos mercados da cidade de Maputo: caso do Mercado grossista do Zimpeto 2018-2019

Abstract

The present work evaluates the Sanitation conditions in the Wholesale Market of Zimpeto 2018- 2019. The research problem, seeks to know to what extent the state of the infrastructure and sanitation services of the Wholesale Market provide a well-being and healthy environment? The research was of the mixed type (qualitative and quantitative), using an interview and observation to collect data. The data were treated based on descriptive statistics and presented in tables, accompanied by their respective descriptions. From our interview, we found that the water distribution network is weak, since the few taps that the market has, are installed in front of the bathrooms. The sanitation services of the Zimpeto wholesale market are operational, although with some difficulties. It is planned to build 2 public toilets to meet the current demand, a plan that is designed for 2019/2023, but with the entry of the new mayor, there is still no prospect of its operationalization. The lack of these services creates difficulties especially for the seller himself, because with the growth of the market these services have become insufficient to meet everyone's needs, which ends up creating long lines to use the bathrooms and these in turn do not support the demand, ending up releasing a nauseating smell, creating a bad feeling and in certain cases generating diseases. It had the following result: i) the Zimpeto Wholesale Market presents low sanitation conditions, as it does not respond to the demand of the sellers' needs, generating unease for those who pass by the bathrooms.