Water management: understand what has been done for the Doce river’s water quality
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Wave of toxic mud travelling down the Rio Doce river in Brazil
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Doce River, Brazil
The Doce River is a river in southeast Brazil with a length of 853 kilometres (530 mi).
The river basin is economically important. In 2015 the collapse of a dam released highly contaminated water from mining into the river causing an ecological disaster.