Características físicas, químicas y microbiológicas del agua subterránea en Los Chiles, Costa Rica, y su asociación con el uso del suelo
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2023 |
| Descripción: | Introduction: Los Chiles has one of the lowest Social Progress Indexes in Costa Rica. The inhabitants drink untreated groundwater from an aquifer across the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border. Objective: To characterize water quality and possible associations with land use. Methods: We collected six water samples from wells during the dry and rainy seasons in 2019 and applied standard tests. Results: Grasslands and bare ground cover larger areas than other land uses. The water is calcic-bicarbonate type, and its physical-chemical values are acceptable, we did not detect Escherichia coli in any sample, while we only detected fecal coliforms in La Trocha. Conclusion: If treated to eliminate coliforms and protected from other effects of human activity, this water will be optimal for human consumption. |
| País: | Kérwá |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Kérwá |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/90100 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10669/90100 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | CARACTERÍSTICAS FÍSICA QUÍMICA MICROBIOLOGÍA AGUA SUBTERRÁNEA COSTA RICA USO DE LA TIERRA |