Plan de manejo ambiental en el botadero de basura del Cantón Guamote.

Abstract

An environmental management plan has been couried out for the waste disposal system of the Guamote town. The purpose of de work was to improve its operation conditions. Because an adequate management of solid residuals has not been performed it has been found that the waters of Chipo River got polluted. Besides, it has also been detected that the soil in the area in which the waste disposal system is located got polluted Hence, an environmental plan for m inimizing the impact generated by the presence of the waste disposal has been defined. Througout this work a base line has been developed, water and soil analysis have also been performed in the specialized laboratories at the ESPOCH a survey was applied to the citizens of the town in order to know the way in which the home residuals are handled; and a environmental check-list to carey out the characterization of the area of influence for the physical, biotic, social and cultural medium. Also, the information provided by the town authorities has been utilized, as well as the “TULAS” environmental regulations. While the per-capita production was determined it was found that the town generater 0.607 Kg per in habitant per day and a total of 3008.75 Kg for the residuals generated by the eight neighbourhoods that compose the town.