La descontaminación de aguas residuales utilizando zeolita, como solución de desarrollo local

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.64224240412

• Palavras-chave: Zeolita; contaminación ambiental; aguas residuales; amonio; nitrito.

• Keywords: Zeolite; environmental pollution; sewage water; ammonium; nitrite

• Abstract: Currently, there is poor management of river basins, which is causing the quality of drinking water to decrease every day. Water pollution is a problem for humanity. In many places, these waters are discharged directly into rivers, streams, lakes, or seas before being adequately treated, introducing pollution elements that end up causing significant ecological damage to the environment and public health diseases (caused by viruses and bacteria). on the people and communities that come into contact with these contaminated waters. The objective was to investigate whether zeolite could be used to reduce ammonium pollution in the waters of the Portoviejo River, through the use of local resources, using a simple methodology that could be applied directly to the sources of pollution, through the participation of community social factors. . , which demonstrates that there are materials such as zeolite that can be used as a purifying element for wastewater discharged into the river, thereby achieving the reduction of pollution through the improvement of the physical-chemical parameters associated with the quality of the water, depending of what is found. stipulated in Ecuadorian regulations. As a result, the zeolite presents suitable physical and chemical characteristics to be used as a material to decontaminate wastewater from tributaries of the Portoviejo River.