1. Space-time variation in water quality of the Aburrá-Medellín river using electrical conductivity in the period 2010-2020. Part 2.
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GIRALDO BUITRAGO, LINA CLAUDIA and GÓMEZ-MIRANDA, I. N.
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ELECTRIC conductivity , *WATER quality , *CONSCIOUSNESS raising , *WATER supply , *WATER levels , *STREAMFLOW , *ELECTRICAL conductivity measurement - Abstract
The deterioration of the environment and especially the crisis due to the availability of water, has led developing countries to advance in protection, avoiding the dumping of wastewater and monitoring quality. In the city of Medellín, the use of electrical conductivity as an indicator of water quality in the Aburrá-Medellín river was proposed as an alternative to explain and keep the community informed about how the river monitoring stations are doing through of colors and thus continue to raise awareness of the importance of caring for water. In order to study the spatial and temporal variations of the water quality in the river from the electrical conductivity indicator, and considering the categorical data obtained with the indicator, a number from 1 to 5 was assigned (very bad, bad, regular, acceptable and good quality, respectively). In these paper We used statistical methods as crosstabulation to describe relationships between the categorical variables through counts and multiple correspondence analysis for representing the associations between the factors affecting the wáter quality using the correspondence maps. It was found that low flows correspond to the most critical quality conditions, and although a deterioration is observed as the river flows downstream (between the monitoring stations) the influence of the water levels is greater. The statistical analysis showed a relatively high association of the quality indicator and the flows also, that the water quality deteriorates in the afternoon and in the final years of monitoring in low flows. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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