The objective of this work was to evaluate the quality of surface water and groundwater in watersheds characterized by different vegetal cover: pasture, forest and coffee crops. It was developed a water quality index by using the analysis of the main components, which provided the reduction of 13 quality features into two components that explained 91.2% of the total variance. Surface water and groundwater of the watersheds were suitable for human consumption after conventional treatment over the studied period, except the groundwater of watershed covered with pasture in the dry season.
Principal component analysis; Soil coverage; Water quality
