LA CALIDAD BACTERIOLOGICA DEL AGUA DEL HUMEDAL JABOQUE (BOGOTA, COLOMBIA) EN DOS EPOCAS CONTRASTANTES

Water is the most widely used natural resource in the world and pollution has become the main mean of transport for pathogenic microorganisms. Bogot possess 13 wetlands, the Jaboque wetland that is approximately 148.51 hectares, is located in the town of Engativ. We evaluated the bacteriological wat...

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Published in:Caldasia 2014-12, Vol.36 (2), p.323-329
Main Authors: Sara Lilia Ávila de Navia, Sandra Mónica Estupiñán-Torres, Ángela María Mejía Grajales, Lady Viviana Mora Velásquez
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
BIOLOGY
Calidad del agua
contaminación
humedal urbano
microorganismos
Studies
Water quality
Wetlands
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Summary:Water is the most widely used natural resource in the world and pollution has become the main mean of transport for pathogenic microorganisms. Bogot possess 13 wetlands, the Jaboque wetland that is approximately 148.51 hectares, is located in the town of Engativ. We evaluated the bacteriological water quality of Jaboque wetland through the Total coliforms, Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. Also studied Aeromonas, Pseudomonas and Clostridium in the dry season and rainy season in 2010. We used the technique of membrane ltration and microorganisms were http://www.icn.unal.edu.co/ 323 Calidad bacteriolgica del agua del humedal Jaboque identied with BBL Crystal rapid tests. This resulted in signicantly higher counts of total coliforms UFC/100mL and Enterococcus spp. with similar behavior in the dry season and rainy season, while Escherichia coli UFC/100mL increased during the rainy season. The genera Pseudomonas and Clostridium UFC/100mL showed the presence of a signicantly higher count in the dry season and rainy season and increase the UFC/100mL and the genus Aeromonas UFC/100mL increase in the rainy season. The results were compared with a previous study conducted in 2005 and it was possible to determine that the bacteriological quality of the water improved due to the interventions performed in the wetland.
ISSN:0366-5232
2357-3759
DOI:10.15446/caldasia/v36n2.47490