Evaluación de la eficiencia del sistema de tratamiento de aguas residuales domésticas de El Morro y propuesta de rehabilitación y ampliación para recibir las descargas de Puerto El Morro.

Abstract

The objective of this work is to evaluate the efficiency and capacity of the El Morro wastewater treatment system in order to present rehabilitation solutions and possible expansion of the system. For this, field information, laboratory tests of the effluent, design plans of the constructed lagoons were collected, the Master Plan for drinking water, sanitary and storm sewerage of the Guayaquil canton prepared by the Interagua concessionaire was also reviewed, and the bibliography was used. specialized in this field in order to carry out the calculations and proceed to determine the capacity of the lagoons. The results show that, with the existing specific area, it is enough to receive the wastewater from El Morro and Puerto El Morro. From the information collected from the Interagua concessionaire, only 20% of the population of El Morro is connected to the system, therefore, the built oxidation ponds are underutilized. From the laboratory results of the effluent from the lagoons, the measurements, especially of BOD and Coliforms, are not complying with the environmental standard, therefore, for a better efficiency of the lagoons, improvements are required that are detailed in this document.