Captación de agua de lluvia para consumo humano en el trópico seco de Costa Rica
Fecha
2023
Autores
Salinas Acosta, Adolfo
Baldioceda Garro, Álvaro
Suárez Serrano, Andrea
Gómez Solís, William
Rojas Conejo, Johanna
Guillén Watson, Anny
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Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Resumen
Desde el año 2016 se ha trabajado en el estudio e instalación de sistemas de captación de agua de lluvia para consumo humano en la región del trópico seco de Costa Rica, a través de la integración de esfuerzos de dos centros de investigación y extensión, el Centro de Recursos Hídricos para Centroamérica y el Caribe y Centro Mesoamericano de Desarrollo Sostenible del Trópico Seco, esto con el objetivo de ofrecer a poblaciones vulnerables a la escasez hídrica, herramientas innovadoras para obtener agua potable ante un inminente desafío del cambio climático. Este trabajo se construyó a partir de una perspectiva social (sistematización de experiencias), la ingeniería de la construcción, inversión económica y estudios de calidad fisicoquímica y microbiológica del agua de lluvia, durante el desarrollo de tres módulos de sistemas de captación de agua de lluvia. Entre las principales conclusiones se pudo considerar que los Scall son una opción viable que sirve como medida de resiliencia ante el cambio climático y pueden adecuarse a las condiciones de las zonas con déficits hídricos prolongados, ya que después de un tratamiento simple, se pueden utilizar como fuente de agua para consumo humano.
Since 2016, we have been working on the study and installation of Rainwater harvest Systems (RWHS or SCALL for the acronym in Spanish) for human consumption in the dry tropic region of Costa Rica through the integration of efforts of two research and extension centers, the Water Resources Center for Central America and the Caribbean and the Mesoamerican Center for Sustainable Development of the Dry Tropics, this to offer populations vulnerable to water scarcity, innovative tools to obtain drinking water in the face of an imminent challenge of climate change. This work is built from a social perspective (systematization of experiences), construction engineering, economic investment, and studies of physicochemical and microbiological quality of rainwater during the development of three modules of Rainwater Harvesting Systems. Among the main conclusions, it was possible to consider that SCALL is a viable option that serves as a measure of resilience in the face of climate change and may be suitable for the conditions of areas with prolonged water deficit since, after simple treatment, they can be used as a source of water for human consumption.
Since 2016, we have been working on the study and installation of Rainwater harvest Systems (RWHS or SCALL for the acronym in Spanish) for human consumption in the dry tropic region of Costa Rica through the integration of efforts of two research and extension centers, the Water Resources Center for Central America and the Caribbean and the Mesoamerican Center for Sustainable Development of the Dry Tropics, this to offer populations vulnerable to water scarcity, innovative tools to obtain drinking water in the face of an imminent challenge of climate change. This work is built from a social perspective (systematization of experiences), construction engineering, economic investment, and studies of physicochemical and microbiological quality of rainwater during the development of three modules of Rainwater Harvesting Systems. Among the main conclusions, it was possible to consider that SCALL is a viable option that serves as a measure of resilience in the face of climate change and may be suitable for the conditions of areas with prolonged water deficit since, after simple treatment, they can be used as a source of water for human consumption.
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Revista Digital Costa Oriental, 1 (1), 3-24.
Palabras clave
COSECHA, CONSUMO DE AGUA, PURIFICACIÓN DEL AGUA, CAMBIO CLIMATICO