In the 1950s, the site underwent an earthmoving process for the implementation of the BR-381 highway (formerly MG-4), which cut through the city via Presidente Tancredo de Almeida Neves Avenue, but the stretch under federal concession was municipalized after being transferred outside the urban perimeter.

It runs from north to south through the neighborhoods of Industrial Novo Reno, Universitário, Aparecida do Norte, Morada do Vale, Aldeia do Lago and Santa Terezinha II, and flows into the Piracicaba River, covering a distance of around 12 km.

[9][4][6] Coronel Fabriciano's Ordinance Plan includes reforestation of the section inside the urban area, an increase in flow capacity and flood control.

In 2004, the construction of a sewage treatment plant located between the Mangueiras and Santa Terezinha II neighborhoods to meet the demand from the city's waterways began to be studied.

[9] Sewage from Coronel Fabriciano remained discharged directly into the watercourses bordering the urban perimeter without any management until 2019, when the construction of a treatment plant in Limoeiro, district of Timóteo, to supply 165,000 inhabitants in both cities was authorized.