Estudio de los sistemas comunitarios de agua potable existentes en la zona Pesillo - Imbabura; análisis de las fuentes hídricas medidas de protección e infraestructura utilizada en el tratamiento de agua para consumo humano
The present study was conducted in 18 community water systems in the project area Pesillo -Imbabura. The execution was carried out with support from the Centre for Research in Environmental Modelling (CIMA) of the Salesian Polytechnic University, through the soil and water integrated management and...
| Autor Principal: | Chamba Soto, Cynthia Johanna |
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| Otros Autores: | Toapanta Erazo, Viviana Jacqueline |
| Formato: | bachelorThesis |
| Idioma: | spa |
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2015
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http://dspace.ups.edu.ec/handle/123456789/10085 |
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The present study was conducted in 18 community water systems in the project area Pesillo -Imbabura. The execution was carried out with support from the Centre for Research in Environmental Modelling (CIMA) of the Salesian Polytechnic University, through the soil and water integrated management and sustainability research line.
The 18 Community Water Systems (ScAP), are found in 12 rural parishes: Tupigachi, Tabacundo, Eugenio Espejo, Gonzales Suarez, San Juan de Ilumán, Otavalo, San Pablo, Dr. Miguel Egas Cabezas, San Rafael, San Roque, La Esperanza and Angochagua, these places belongs to the cantons of Pedro Moncayo, Otavalo, Ibarra and Antonio Ante, located at Imbabura and Pichincha provinces.
The main objective of the research was: To study the water sources, protection aspects and infrastructure of the water sources, located at Pesillo-Imbabura area, to meet this objective it was applied a methodology in two field phases and a cabinet phase.
As a result of the identification and analysis of the water sources, was concluded that 50% of the water sources researched are category A, because this water comes from the groundwater or springs, also are located in moorlands inside highlands ecosystems. Additionally, this A category has a good vegetation coverage at the point of water uptake, including surroundings and places of runoff. The water flow collected, allows to provide water to the community in the summer time, it means good conditions. The remaining 39% and 11%, are B and C categories respectively, because they are sources that do not meet the criteria to be considered of good quality.
Result of the analysis of the protective measures, determined that 28% of community water systems have good protection measures, such as fencing, firewalls, clean ups, reforestation and have a protected defined surface that prevents the agricultural and lives tocks growth; while the remaining 72% do some of those activities.
Results of the categorization of the state of the general infrastructure of community drinking water systems, it was determined that only 17% of these systems, maintain their infrastructure in good conditions, and performs activities in order to do some
maintenance regularly, the components system were found painted and the observation is that there is no deterioration; 61% of the systems are in fair condition, either because its components do not receive an ongoing maintenance or partial observation of the deterioration of the infrastructure; and the remaining 22% of community water systems are in poor conditions and deteriorating of the infrastructure is evident.
Results of the categorization of infrastructure type of water systems supply, it was determined that 67% of community systems studied drinking water are category A, should we say that the systems with all components required for proper functioning, are constructed with suitable material, have a treatment plant, maintain their infrastructure in good condition, which demonstrates the continued practice of maintenance activities; 28% of community systems are category B, C or D because the infrastructure does not have the qualifications required to provide quality water users.
The results of the objectives outlined in the study, helped to analyse the levels of sustainability from an economic (from the point of view of infrastructure investment and maintenance), environmental and social perspective. The result of this analysis, concluded that only 39% of the 18 systems studied are sustainable and the remaining percentage of systems are systems that are deteriorating or severe deterioration process. |
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