Deteminación del índice de calidad de agua ICA-NSF de los ríos Mazar y Pindilig

Abstract

The water quality of rivers is affected by a continued deterioration due to the presence of natural and anthropogenic contaminants. The increased levels of these pollutants, has generated the need to quantify and evaluate the quality of these water bodies. Among the multiple uses of water there is one, generating electricity by harnessing the energy that have water bodies in the rivers passing by. The Electricity Corporation of Ecuador CELEC EP - HIDROPAUTE Business Unit, which manages important hydroelectric projects, wants to monitor water quality of the Pindilig and Mazar rivers, main water affluents of the Paute River, so as a leader public company that guaranteesenergy sovereigntyof the country and promotes sustainable development, it can comply with its integrated management policy. The water quality index (WQI) allows to evaluate and report on the water quality water resources. To do this thesis used the model of the National Sanitation Foundation of the United States (WQI-NSF), which consists of 9 parameters: (temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, biochemical oxygen demand, nitrates, phosphates, total dissolved solids and fecal coliforms), which were determined in the monitoring for the two rivers during the period May – November 2015.The obtainedresultsallowed to determinetheactualquality ofthese water bodies, so that the CELEC EP - HIDROPAUTE Company can make decisions in the management of these watersheds.