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Water Quality of a Reservoir and Its Major Tributary Located in East-Central Mexico

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  • Patricia Castilla-Hernández

    (Department of the Man and his Environment, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Calzada del Hueso 1100, Col. Villa Quietud, Coyoacán, C.P. 04960, D.F., Mexico)

  • María Del Rocío Torres-Alvarado

    (Department of Hydrobiology, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Av. San Rafael Atlixco 186, Col. Vicentina, Iztapalapa, C.P. 09340, D.F., Mexico)

  • José Antonio Herrera-San Luis

    (Department of the Man and his Environment, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Calzada del Hueso 1100, Col. Villa Quietud, Coyoacán, C.P. 04960, D.F., Mexico)

  • Norma Cruz-López

    (Department of the Man and his Environment, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Calzada del Hueso 1100, Col. Villa Quietud, Coyoacán, C.P. 04960, D.F., Mexico)

Abstract

A reservoir with ecological and economic importance and its major tributary, localized in east-central Mexico, were studied. The aim of this work was to know the physicochemical water characteristics of both water bodies and to contrast these by their different uses, and also estimate overall water quality using a Water Quality Index (WQI). Water samples from the reservoir and the tributary were obtained in different climatic seasons. In the tributary, anoxic and hypoxic conditions and high levels of organic matter, orthophosphate, and ammonium showed that this is strongly impacted by wastewater discharges and that the water is not suitable for different uses; independently of the season, the WQI showed “poor” quality (34.4–47.2). In contrast, in the reservoir a better water quality was determined; the WQI in the sampling months ranged from 72.1–76.6 (“good” quality), and spatially, this was from 66.5–79.5 (“fair” and “good” quality).

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  • Patricia Castilla-Hernández & María Del Rocío Torres-Alvarado & José Antonio Herrera-San Luis & Norma Cruz-López, 2014. "Water Quality of a Reservoir and Its Major Tributary Located in East-Central Mexico," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-17, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:11:y:2014:i:6:p:6119-6135:d:36886
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    1. Basheer A. Elubid & Tao Huang & Ekhlas H. Ahmed & Jianfei Zhao & Khalid. M. Elhag & Waleed Abbass & Mohammed M. Babiker, 2019. "Geospatial Distributions of Groundwater Quality in Gedaref State Using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Drinking Water Quality Index (DWQI)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(5), pages 1-20, February.
    2. Weixing Ma & Tinglin Huang & Xuan Li & Zizhen Zhou & Yang Li & Kang Zeng, 2015. "The Effects of Storm Runoff on Water Quality and the Coping Strategy of a Deep Canyon-Shaped Source Water Reservoir in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-17, July.

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