Rediseño del sistema de agua potable para la comunidad Salinas, Santa Isabel

Abstract

The World Health Organization considers that access to drinking water is a human right and an effective policy component for the protection of health and development in all its areas. In Ecuador, until December 2016, only 57.50% of the rural population had access to the public water network. The community of Salinas located in the canton of Santa Isabel - Azuay. It is within this problem due to the lack of an adequate drinking water system, which has a significant impact on health and, therefore, on the development of the population, which is a determining factor in the daily activities required. Currently, the community has a running water system implemented in 1992, because of social and economic factors has not had adequate or timely maintenance, resulting in a supply of poor quality water and discontinuous.

The existing studies that describe the characterization of the water that comes from the source (INEN 1108) determine that the source water has a quality suitable for human consumption. The water, after its collection, is processed by a dose of chlorine, and then is distributed. The results of the microbiological analysis of the water stored in the chlorination station show that it complies with the normative. However, the water that reaches households has levels of contamination, which makes it harmful for consumption, a situation that demonstrates the precarious state of the system. In order to improve the quality of life of the inhabitants, he proposed to redesign the distribution system so that it provides a potable water service in a continuous manner that guarantees its safe condition in accordance with the measures stipulated in the Ecuadorian regulations.