Evaluación de la calidad del agua de la planta modular compacta de agua potable parroquia El Dorado en la provincia de Orellana por medio de los índices de calidad del agua

Abstract

The quality of water in the Ecuadorian Amazon has a deficit in its quality but not its availability. In El Dorado parish there is a Modular Compact Drinking Water Plant which lacks maintenance, but in turn treats the water that is extracted from the La Florida stream and as final disposal supplies the parish, therefore, the objective of this research was to evaluate the water quality of the modular compact drinking water plant in the El Dorado parish in the Province of Orellana through water quality indices, year 2023. The methodology implemented had a qualitative and quantitative approach, a sampling method indicated in INEN 2169 was used, the samples collected in the Florida stream and the sample collected in the El Dorado Parish Modular Compact Drinking Water Plant were analyzed in the laboratory of the Decentralized Autonomous Government of the Province of Orellana (GADPO) to be compared with INEN 1108 and Ministerial Agreement 097-A regulations. Using this methodology, it was determined that the samples collected in the La Florida stream do not meet the allowable physical-chemical parameters for lead, TPH (Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons) and COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand); the samples collected at the El Dorado Parish Modular Compact Drinking Water Plant exceed the maximum allowable limits for lead, cadmium, chromium and fecal coliforms. In this context, it is concluded that the water that feeds El Dorado Parish Modular Compact Drinking Water Plant does not comply with the maximum permissible requirements for physical-chemical parameters and that the water supplied to El Dorado does not comply with the maximum permissible limits for physical-chemical and microbiological parameters.