Calidad microbiológica y físico-química del agua para usos recreativos en las playas de Bocagrande y Marbella,en Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
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Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
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En la actualidad Cartagena es el puerto colombiano sobre el mar Caribe con mayor reconocimiento por su trayectoria histórica y por su actividad turística. Debido a la importancia que tiene en calidad de las aguas de recreo para los bañistas y usuarios en general, se evaluaron parámetros microbiológicos, físicos y químicos en las playas de Bocagrande y Marbella, durante los meses de febrero a abril de 2004, que corresponden a la época de verano de la región. Se observó que los párametros físiscos y químicos tuvieron un comportamiento estacionario durante el periodo de muestreo y cumplen con los estándares dispuestos por el Decreto 1594 de 1984. En los párametros microbiológicos, el promedio estimado de coliformes totales superó el índice que establece esa norma.Los resultados obtenidos para los párametros E. coliy enterococos, se compararon con estudios asociados a la aparición de enfermedades, realizados por Cheung (1989) y por Bandanarayake (1995), respectivamente.
Cartagena is the more important Colombian port on the Caribbean Sea because its historical trajectory and tourist activity. Due to the importance that has the quality of the recreational waters for the swimmers, user in general, in this study were evaluated microbiology, physical, and chemical parameters during the months of February to April of 2004, that correspond to the summer time of the area. It was obeserved that the physical and chemical parameters, normalizes by the Ordinance 1594 of 1984, have a stationary behavior during the period of sampling and they fulfill the standards of this norm. About the microbiology parameters, dear average of total coliforms overcame the values that establish the norm. The results obtained for the parameter E. coli and enterococci, it was proceeded to compare them with some studies carried out by Cheung (1989) and Bandanarayake (1995), respectively.
Cartagena is the more important Colombian port on the Caribbean Sea because its historical trajectory and tourist activity. Due to the importance that has the quality of the recreational waters for the swimmers, user in general, in this study were evaluated microbiology, physical, and chemical parameters during the months of February to April of 2004, that correspond to the summer time of the area. It was obeserved that the physical and chemical parameters, normalizes by the Ordinance 1594 of 1984, have a stationary behavior during the period of sampling and they fulfill the standards of this norm. About the microbiology parameters, dear average of total coliforms overcame the values that establish the norm. The results obtained for the parameter E. coli and enterococci, it was proceeded to compare them with some studies carried out by Cheung (1989) and Bandanarayake (1995), respectively.
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Cartagena, recretional waters, sanitary quality, Cartagena, recretional waters, sanitary quality, Cartagena, aguas de uso recreativo, calidad sanitaria, Cartagena, aguas de uso recreativo, calidad sanitaria