Evaluation of the quality of the water and its corrosive trend in the "morichales" "Guaricongo" and "Los Caribes", Heres municipality, Ciudad Bolivar, Bolivar state, Venezuela

Arellano, VM; Garcia, A.

Abstract

The present work was to evaluate the levels of water quality and its corrosive trend in "morichales" "Guaricongo" and "Caribbean" Heres municipality, Ciudad Bolivar, Bolivar State. Water samples were taken in each subwatershed study and at the confluence of the same. Physicochemical parameters were determined (temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, total and dissolved solids, biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, total hardness, alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, nitrates, sulfates and chlorides). From this data rates of corrosion and scaling of Langelier (IL), Precipitation Potential (PPCC), m Ryznar (IR), Aggression (IA), Larson (RL), Singley, Buffer Capacity, Snoeyink were calculated. The results indicate that the waters of these "morichales" were slightly acidic and slightly hard water, indicative of an aggressive corrosive tendency, which was corroborated by the corrosion rates calculated by classifying these waters as unsaturated, preferably to dissolve the CaCO3 indicative of a corrosive nature.

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Título según WOS: Evaluation of the quality of the water and its corrosive trend in the "morichales" "Guaricongo" and "Los Caribes", Heres municipality, Ciudad Bolivar, Bolivar state, Venezuela
Título de la Revista: Boletin de Malariologia y Salud Ambiental
Volumen: 53
Número: 2
Editorial: INST ALTOS ESTUDIOS, DR ARNOLDO GABOLDON
Fecha de publicación: 2013
Página de inicio: 183
Página final: 191
Idioma: Spanish
Notas: ISI