Evaluación de la eficiencia de la especie Phragmites Australis en el tratamiento de aguas dulces mediante humedales artificiales en el río Chibunga del cantón Riobamba.

Abstract

The objective was to evaluate the efficiency of the Phragmites Australis species in water treatment sweets through the use of artificial humidity in the Chibunga river of the Riobamba Canton of Chimborazo Province. In the last two decades, constructed wetlands have increased worldwide its development for wastewater treatment, it is important to indicate that the constructed wetlands carry out physical, chemical and biological processes, based on phytoremediation (use of plants to decontaminate soils and bodies of water). For the development of this work The investigative study used a wetland built with the species (Phragmites Australis) commonly called reed to determine its effectiveness in purifying water from the Chibunga river, to which, prior to treatment, the analysis of physical, chemical and microbiological that allowed to determine the Index of quality of the water (ICA) same that was classified as terrible, however after the remediation process through the application of the constructed wetland, the pollutant load was reduced, thus having a regular ICA. Of In this way we corroborate the valuable action of wetlands in bioremediation processes and recovery of bodies of water.