Water quality assessment of a polluted urban river

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Nader, Gonzalo Martin; Sanchez Proaño, P. V.; Cicerone, D. S.
Año de publicación
2013
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Urban rivers in Latin America are heavily impacted by human activities that affect their functions and services. This paper shows the results of a water quality assessment for the Reconquista River, the second most polluted urban river in Argentina. They allowed the identification of the main processes of transport of pollutants and the prioritisation of different areas of the basin for interventions in a future sanitation plan. The following assessment tools were used: a Water Quality Index (WQI); geospatial and statistical analysis of the environmental parameters; and determination of critical points of the system. The implementation of these tools required 32 physicochemical and microbiological parameters that were measured in six monitoring campaigns from a monitoring network composed of 12 sites. Results show that water quality decreased from fair to very poor, with reference to protection of aquatic life; mainly due to the impact produced by the discharge of organic untreated effluents.
Fil: Nader, Gonzalo Martin. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Sanchez Proaño, P. V.. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental; Argentina
Fil: Cicerone, D. S.. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental; Argentina
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Urban Rivers
Water Quality Assessment
Contamination Critical Zones
Pollutant Transport
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Water quality assessment of a polluted urban river
title Water quality assessment of a polluted urban river
spellingShingle Water quality assessment of a polluted urban river
Nader, Gonzalo Martin
Urban Rivers
Water Quality Assessment
Contamination Critical Zones
Pollutant Transport
title_short Water quality assessment of a polluted urban river
title_full Water quality assessment of a polluted urban river
title_fullStr Water quality assessment of a polluted urban river
title_full_unstemmed Water quality assessment of a polluted urban river
title_sort Water quality assessment of a polluted urban river
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Nader, Gonzalo Martin
Sanchez Proaño, P. V.
Cicerone, D. S.
author Nader, Gonzalo Martin
author_facet Nader, Gonzalo Martin
Sanchez Proaño, P. V.
Cicerone, D. S.
author_role author
author2 Sanchez Proaño, P. V.
Cicerone, D. S.
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Urban Rivers
Water Quality Assessment
Contamination Critical Zones
Pollutant Transport
topic Urban Rivers
Water Quality Assessment
Contamination Critical Zones
Pollutant Transport
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Urban rivers in Latin America are heavily impacted by human activities that affect their functions and services. This paper shows the results of a water quality assessment for the Reconquista River, the second most polluted urban river in Argentina. They allowed the identification of the main processes of transport of pollutants and the prioritisation of different areas of the basin for interventions in a future sanitation plan. The following assessment tools were used: a Water Quality Index (WQI); geospatial and statistical analysis of the environmental parameters; and determination of critical points of the system. The implementation of these tools required 32 physicochemical and microbiological parameters that were measured in six monitoring campaigns from a monitoring network composed of 12 sites. Results show that water quality decreased from fair to very poor, with reference to protection of aquatic life; mainly due to the impact produced by the discharge of organic untreated effluents.
Fil: Nader, Gonzalo Martin. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Sanchez Proaño, P. V.. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental; Argentina
Fil: Cicerone, D. S.. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental; Argentina
description Urban rivers in Latin America are heavily impacted by human activities that affect their functions and services. This paper shows the results of a water quality assessment for the Reconquista River, the second most polluted urban river in Argentina. They allowed the identification of the main processes of transport of pollutants and the prioritisation of different areas of the basin for interventions in a future sanitation plan. The following assessment tools were used: a Water Quality Index (WQI); geospatial and statistical analysis of the environmental parameters; and determination of critical points of the system. The implementation of these tools required 32 physicochemical and microbiological parameters that were measured in six monitoring campaigns from a monitoring network composed of 12 sites. Results show that water quality decreased from fair to very poor, with reference to protection of aquatic life; mainly due to the impact produced by the discharge of organic untreated effluents.
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Nader, Gonzalo Martin; Sanchez Proaño, P. V.; Cicerone, D. S.; Water quality assessment of a polluted urban river; Inderscience Publishers; International Journal of Environment and Health; 6; 4; 10-2013; 307-319
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