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Abstract
The present article intend to present a criterion for implantation
of technologies destined to desalinated the drinking waters reser- voirs that provide the cities of the state of Ceará affected by high levels
of salt. Considering the hypothesis, demonstrated in this article, that
there is a strong correlation between the socioeconomics conditions and
the level of salt of the water that supplies the population of the cities, a
socioeconomic criterion was chosen. Applying the technique of factorial
analysis for the method of the main components to analyze socioeconomic
and environmental variables, it could be arrange the cities in
hierarchy order according to its needs of receive desalination equipment.