Control de calidad del agua potable que se distribuye en los Campus: Central, Hospitalidad, Balzay, Paraíso, Yanuncay y las granjas de Irquis y Romeral pertenecientes a la Universidad de Cuenca

Abstract

Drinking water is the most important for developing natural resources and strengthening of population health in cities, as it provides to its customers security ingestion, providing a healthy hydration, reduces infant mortality rate and thus increasing life expectancy of the people who consume water quality.The main objective of this project is to determine the quality of drinking water delivered to the University of Cuenca that is, to all campuses and farms.The parameters analyzed were: physical temperature , turbidity , color, odor, taste , conductivity ; chemicals: pH , alkalinity , Total hardness , dissolved oxygen , nitrates , chlorides , free chlorine , copper, iron ; Microbiological : total coliforms, fecal coliforms , aerobic mesophilic .The results of the tests, according to the comparative analysis with the values set in the INEN 1108 standard: 2014 show that most of the physical and chemical parameters satisfactorily meet the requirements for the quality of drinking water, however, there were indicative of pollution in water sources used in primary way for human consumption in most campus Microbiological results. By implementing measures for cleaning and disinfecting frequently these alterations they can be eradicated.