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- Title
Calidad fisicoquímica del río Mulato en Mocoa Putumayo-Colombia.
- Authors
Agudelo, Lorena; Muñoz, Angie; Enriquez, Valeria; Silva, Nilsa; Lozano, Ruth
- Abstract
The Mulato River supplies water for human consumption to the center of the municipality of Mocoa, department of Putumayo; the water sources in this area of Colombia do not have updated quality studies. Therefore, this study focused on the analysis of the physicochemical parameters: pH, turbidity, OD, DBO5, conductivity, temperature, DQO and SST, then the statistical analysis was compared with Colombian regulations and the ICA was established. It was found that the Mulato River receives pollutant loads from 35 discharges from two tributary streams, which had an impact on the alterations of the turbidity and pH parameters; as for the first, in the middle part the value was 6.38 NTU, the highest of the three points, and in the lower zone, 3.73 NTU, and the second, referring to pH, is between 5.6 and 5.8. With the data obtained from the water samples of the three zones, taken in situ and ex situ, it was established that, although there is a certain degree of turbidity and contamination, the water quality of the Mulato River is acceptable with a green alert.
- Subjects
ENVIRONMENTAL management; SANITATION; SEWAGE
- Publication
Tecnología y Ciencias del Agua, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 6, p158
- ISSN
0187-8336
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24850/j-tyca-14-06-05