Caracterización de la calidad de agua de la comunidad tambohuasha reserva chimborazo para uso agrícola

Abstract

The main objective of this work is to characterize the water quality of the Tambohuasha Chimborazo Reserve community for agricultural use. Directly from the slope, water samples were taken in sterile amber bottles of 1 liter and keeping refrigerated the sample inside a cooler to analyze the parameters of the quality levels of water for irrigation determined in Annex 1 Book VI of the Unified Text of Secondary Legislation of the Ministry of the Environment: Environmental quality standard and discharge of effluents to the resource, are pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), through multiparameter equipment, bicarbonates, chlorides by titration, sodium, calcium, magnesium, boron, nitrates, sulfates by atomic absorption in the months of June, July, December 2022 and January 2023. The statistical analysis used ANOVA gave us the result of each parameter in order to compare it in the dry season (June-July) and the rainy season (December-January). In conclusion, based on the RAS methodology, the evaluation of water quality is in a light-moderate range. Checking the hypothesis indicates that the water is suitable for agricultural use accepting the alternative hypothesis. The present work should socialize to raise awareness among the inhabitants of the Tambohuasha Reserve Chimborazo community of the San Juan parish.