It is observed that most, if not all, human activities contemplate the use of water, and for sanitation this statement could not be more correct. However, the reality of the treatment of sanitary effluents is still precarious, where the sewage treatment plants usually discharge their effluents directly into the water bodies, without any previous treatment, disregarding the current regulations. In this context, dewatering solutions for those effluents are interesting, representing the separation of the solid phase from the liquid, providing a more efficient transport and disposition for the solid particulate and, also, the correct treatment for the percolate, either through its return to the water bodies or to the beginning of the treatment process of the plant. Thus, this article addresses the suitability of a sewage treatment drying bed for the reception of geotextile tubes, aiming at the cleaning of silted stabilization ponds, making the dewatering of the dredged effluent faster and allowing the storage of a larger volume of sludge than the previous system. The dewatering process was performed by pumping the effluent from the stabilization ponds, with initial solids contents of approximately 5%, into the geotextile tubes. 14 tubes were used, contemplating the dewatering of more than 12.000m³, estimating the reduction in more than 8,5 times in relation to this initial volume. The dewatering was a success, where the 14 geotextile tubes of 10m perimeter and 15m length were able to receive the desired dredged volume, separating the solid particulate from the water, providing great volume reduction, adequate encapsulation and revitalization of the stabilization ponds.
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