Water microbial quality of lima’s beaches and its relation with the pollution causes

• Autores: Vergaray U., Germán, Méndez F., Carmen, Morante O., Hilda, Gamboa R., Roger, Fernández S., Frank
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2011
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revista UNMSM - IIGEO
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/768
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/iigeo/article/view/768
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: sea water; pollution; microorganisms; Lima; calidad; agua de mar; contaminación; microorganismos

acceptable, then detect the pollution source. It was performed a microbiologicalanalysis of the water of 21 Lima’s beaches and the detections of contamination sources with human feces. The results qualify the water of 33.33% (07) beaches as unacceptable if it is used as indicators of fecal pollution, the total coliforms and fecal coliforms; if it is included Escherichia coli, it reaches to 47.62% (10); and if also it is included Enterococcus it reaches to 66.66%(14). It was demonstrated the existence of domestic sewage discharge in all the beaches considered as unacceptable; in 35.75% (05) with visual inspection; in 14.29% (02) was observed water running with fecal pollution and in 50% (07) by the relation between E. coli and Enterococcus.