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Castillo, Z., Medina, V. (2014). Evaluación espacio-temporal de la calidad del agua del río Rímac, de enero a agosto del 2011, en tres puntos de monitoreo [Tesis, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/2434
Castillo, Z., Medina, V. Evaluación espacio-temporal de la calidad del agua del río Rímac, de enero a agosto del 2011, en tres puntos de monitoreo [Tesis]. : Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina; 2014. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/2434
@misc{renati/248436,
title = "Evaluación espacio-temporal de la calidad del agua del río Rímac, de enero a agosto del 2011, en tres puntos de monitoreo",
author = "Medina Vivanco, Vanessa",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina",
year = "2014"
}
The water quality of the Rimac river represents a constant concern because it supplies the demand for the irrigation of the existing croplands in the valleys of the middle and upper basin; in addition, they provide a source for water consumption and power generation. We obtained the annual water quality of the upper basin from the DIGESA and SEDAPAL datasets for the year 2011 and analyzed the spatial and temporal water quality for irrigation, we considered two quality indexes: NSF WQI-USA and CCME WQI-CANADA, and two statistical methods: Pearson Correlation and Principal Component Analysis. Further, we compared the obtained values with the National Environmental Quality Standards for water (ECA for water). With NSF WQI, the best water quality (good) was found in two seasons of the upper study area and in the lower field was considered between “good” and “medium”. When the CCME WQI-Canada index in two seasons of the upper study area showed water quality values between “acceptable” and “good”; moreover, the water quality values in the lower field were between “acceptable” and “excellent”. Throughout the whole hydrological year (high and low water volumes) in the three evaluated stations, some parameters are high and positively correlated. This correlation could be related to common input sources. The first of anthropogenic origin (mining and municipal discharges of nearby towns) and the second one, of natural origin (soil characteristics). Other parameters are showing strongest correlations during dry months. Due to the characteristics of the river, with regulated flow along this section, mining and municipal effluents represent the greatest impacts on the quality of surface waters during the dry season
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