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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Autoren: Fuentes Schweizer, Paola, Morales Mora, Eric, Vargas Muñoz, Rigoberto, Barrantes Jiménez, Kenia, Chacón Jiménez, Luz María
Format: artículo original
Publikationsdatum:2023
Beschreibung: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.
Land:Kérwá
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Sprache:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/90100
Online Zugang:https://hdl.handle.net/10669/90100
Access Level:acceso abierto
Stichwort:CARACTERÍSTICAS
FÍSICA
QUÍMICA
MICROBIOLOGÍA
AGUA SUBTERRÁNEA
COSTA RICA
USO DE LA TIERRA