In the search for a more sustainable and equitable energy energy for the future, the use of biomass residues from anthropic action arises as valuable source of raw material for bio or thermo-conversion, economically viable and ecologically sustainable. In this sense, aquatic macrophytes become interesting from the standpoint of their valorization as biomass source for energy production.The objective of this study was the fully characterization of wetlands pruning wastes in order to evaluate the use potential of these biomasses in bio or thermal-conversion processes. To this research biomasses of wastes prunning of aquatic macrophytes Cyperus giganteus, Eichhornia crassipes and Salvinia auriculata, from semi-tertiary and tertiary treatment wetlands, from sanitary sewage of the Ponte dos Leites ETP, located in Araruama, RJ, were considered. The macrophyte samples were submitted to experimental analyzes of their physical properties, chemical properties and thermal analysis, as well as a kinetic study (activation energy and pre exponencial factor), starting from the analysis of the thermogravimetric curves, considering Friedman, Kissinger and Ozawa models. Thermal behavior results characterized biomasses as a viable source of energy due to the PCS varying between 14.88 - 20.61 MJ.kg-1. Focused on the use in thermochemical and biochemical conversion processes, analyzes of the bromatological properties confirmed that the molecular structures of macrophytes (Lignin: 9.99 - 26.83 wt percent, Cellulose: 9.72 - 32.65 wt percent, Hemicellulose: 22,13 - 31.46 wt percent, depending on the species analyzed) affect the mechanisms of thermal decomposition. Pyrolysis processing yields vary from 87.87 to 71.73 percent, depending on the nature of the biomass and different heating rates. This shows the effectiveness of the technique adopted in the transformation of the analyzed vegetal residues into raw materials for energy generation, evidencing the energy potential of the biomass and, confirming the possibility of the use of these plants as raw materials in bio or thermo-conversion processes. Based on the fully characterization of wetland pruning wastes, the technological routes capable of providing the best energy recovery were: the direct combustion route for C. giganteus, anaerobic biodigestion for E. crassipes and pyrolysis for S. auriculata.