WASTEWATER TREATMENT

LINA VANESSA SANABRIA VASQUEZ

DIEGO ALEJANDRO ROZO VANEGAS

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STRUCTURE

DEFINITION THESIS ARGUMENT I

ARGUMENT II ARGUMENT III CONCLUSION

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DEFINITION

A wastewater treatment plant is an industrial structure designed to remove biological or chemical waste products from water, thereby permitting the treated water to be used for other purposes.

Functions of wastewater treatment plants include:

Agricultural wastewater treatment Sewage treatment Industrial wastewater treatment

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THESIS

Environmental, social, economic and public health problems increase exponentially due to mismanagement of water resources

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ARGUMENT I70% of the wastewater in Colombia are not treated

and are used for crops

Studies show that some vegetable crops which are plants that are consumed as food (carrots, beets, lettuce, beans, spinach and parsley,etc) absorb the dirty water and grow with it.

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ARGUMENT II Public health, social and economic problems.

• The main impacts associated with the drinking water and sanitation in the country are related to public health.

• The limited availability of drinking water, contamination with fecal waste , and inadequate personal hygiene are associated with diarrhea , hepatitis A, typhoid, cholera , and shigellosis , among others.

• In Colombia, from 2000 to 2007 were recorded between 4'400 and 3'500 thousand respectively cases of diarrheal diseases.

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ARGUMENT III National Panorama

• Damage to the pump from the local treatment plant, left without water aqueduct holds 4,000 population of the village of Palmaseca, where the international airport is located.

• This is the outdated water treatment plant Quibdo Hospital

Treatment plant of Quibdo hospital

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CONCLUSION The application technologies for treating waste water, exponentially

decreases the spread of disease, so that the death of many people is avoided.

The wastewater treatment through the application of technology is no longer important and has become essential for the proper development of human beings.

The mismanagement of the money intended for the treatment plants cause the civilian population can not access or use of potable water

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