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      CALIDAD DEL AGUA DEL ESTERO EL SAUCE, VALPARAÍSO, CHILE CENTRAL Translated title: WATER QUALITY IN THE EL SAUCE ESTUARY, VALPARAÍSO, CENTRAL CHILE

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          RESUMEN Este trabajo tuvo por objetivo principal evaluar la calidad del agua del estero El Sauce en toda su extensión y sus afluentes. La cuenca del estero El Sauce se ubica en la localidad de Laguna Verde, Valparaíso, Chile Central. La toma de muestras se realizó en la época estival de 2013 y 2015, en 11 estaciones ubicadas a lo largo de la cuenca, cinco de ellas distribuidas desde su origen hasta su desembocadura en el mar y seis ubicadas antes del ingreso en sus afluentes. Se identificaron fuentes puntuales y no puntuales descargadas en su curso. Destaca por su volumen, en la zona de origen del estero, la descarga directa de una planta de tratamiento de aguas servidas, y en su zona media el ingreso de percolados de un relleno sanitario municipal. En tanto, su desembocadura se ve afectada por fuentes no puntuales de aguas domésticas en la localidad de Laguna Verde. Los resultados muestran que el estero es un curso de agua somero, que en gran parte de su extensión presenta calidad Clase 4 (mala) debido al contenido de materia orgánica, nutrientes, cloruros y contaminación fecal, por lo cual incumple con la normativa ambiental para cualquier uso. Se observan falta de planes de manejo y de fiscalización en la utilización de este importante recurso, cuyo uso se ha convertido en un riesgo para la comunidad. Ésta utiliza el agua del estero para el riego de una agricultura de subsistencia y recreación con contacto directo en su desembocadura.

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          ABSTRACT The main objective of this work was to evaluate the water quality of the El Sauce estuary and its tributaries. The El Sauce estuary basin is located in the town of Laguna Verde, Valparaíso, Central Chile. Sampling took place in the summer season of 2013 and 2015, in 11 stations located along the basin, five of them distributed from its origin to its mouth in the sea and six located before entering its tributaries. Point and non-point sources downloaded in its course were identified. The direct discharge of water from a sewage treatment plant in the area of origin of the estuary, and in its middle zone the percolation of a municipal landfill, stand out for their volume. Its mouth is affected by non-point sources of domestic waters in the town of Laguna Verde. The results show that the estuary is a shallow water course, which quality Class 4 (poor) in most of its extension presents due to the content of organic matter, nutrients, chlorides, and fecal contamination, not complying with environmental regulations for any use. There is a lack of management and control plans in the use of this important resource. It has become a risk to the community, who use the water of the stream both to irrigate subsistence agriculture and for recreation with a direct contact at its mouth.

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                Journal
                rica
                Revista internacional de contaminación ambiental
                Rev. Int. Contam. Ambient
                Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera (Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico )
                0188-4999
                2020
                : 36
                : 2
                : 261-273
                Affiliations
                [5] Salvador de Bahía Bahia orgnameUniversidade Estadual de Feira de Santana orgdiv1Departamento de Ciencias Sociales Aplicadas Brazil
                [3] Viña del Mar orgnameUniversidad Andrés Bello orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias Exactas orgdiv2Departamento de Ciencias Químicas Chile
                [2] Valparaíso orgnameInstituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP) orgdiv1Departamento de Oceanografía y Medio Ambiente (DOMA) Chile
                [1] Playa Ancha Valparaíso orgnameUniversidad de Playa Ancha orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas orgdiv2Departamento de Química Chile
                [4] Concepción Bío-Bío orgnameUniversidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias Chile
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                S0188-49992020000200261 S0188-4999(20)03600200261
                10.20937/rica.53465
                3a482aab-a949-485a-941a-05e72eb4aea7

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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                : 01 November 2018
                : 01 January 2019
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                pollution,eutrophication,Laguna Verde,aguas superficiales,contaminación,surface water,eutrofización

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