DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF SUSTAINABLE DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENTS ON A PILOT SCALE IN SINGLE-FAMILY SYSTEMS OF THE BAÑOS PARISH

INADEQUATE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL IN RURAL COMMUNITIES HARMS THE BODIES OF WATER AND THE ECOSYSTEMS AROUND THEM. THE INSUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE CONVENTIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES, PRESENTS THE CHALLENGE OF RESEARCHING EFFICIENT WATER PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES WITH A LOW COST OF IMPLEMENTATION, MAINTENANCE, OPERATION. THIS IS WHY THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO GENERATE A PROPOSAL FOR SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC WASTEWATER, THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION WITH THREE PILOT PLANTS COMPOSED OF SUBSURFACE ARTIFICIAL WETLANDS WITH VERTICAL FLOW AND SEPTIC TANKS AS A PREVIOUS PRETREATMENT. THE PILOTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THREE HOMES IN THE BAÑOS PARISH, CUENCA CANTON, TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF THE "EL SALADO" BROWN, CONTRIBUTING TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF THE AREA. THE CAPACITY TO CLEAN POLLUTANTS FROM WASTEWATER WILL BE EVALUATED IN THREE EXPERIMENTAL UNITS WITH TWO SPECIES NATIVE TO THE STUDY AREA. THE ENTIRE EXPERIMENTATION PROCESS WILL BE DISSEMINATED TO THE CGA AND THE PARISH BOARD OF BATHS, SO THAT THESE SANITATION ALTERNATIVES ARE APPLICABLE TO HOUSES IN THE RURAL AREAS OF SECTOR Y AND OTHER RURAL SECTORS OF THE CANTON CUENCA.

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