Determination of the Water Quality of the Copueno River by Macroinvertebrate Analysis

Abstract

Abstract In the Copueno River located in the area between Macas and Proa no, water quality was determined using the Water Quality Index (ICA) and the BMWP/col Index. For this purpose, three sampling points defined mainly by their accessibility were taken, three water samples were taken for physicochemical analysis, and three water samples were taken for microbiological analysis, all according to the stipulations of NTE INEN 2169:2013 and NTE INEN 2176:2013. The IQA-Data 2015 program was used for the physicochemical parameter analysis, which showed values of 58.57 for point 1, 67.47 for point 2, and 51.76 for point 3, which according to the water quality classification table based on the ICA (NSF), the water has a classification of "Regular" in the three points. For the determination of water quality, it has been made the BMWP/col.

Keywords

• copueno, benthic macroinvertebrates, water quality, analysis.