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ArticleHeliyon2020

Evaluation of low-cost alternatives for water purification in the stilt house villages of Santa Marta's Ciénaga Grande.

José Lugo-Arias, Javier Burgos-Vergara, Elkyn Lugo-Arias, Audrey Gould, David Ovallos-Gazabon

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Article in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors.

José Lugo-AriasUniversidad de Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Javier Burgos-VergaraUniversidad del Sinú, Colombia.
Elkyn Lugo-AriasCorporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios, Colombia.
Audrey GouldCorporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios, Colombia.
David Ovallos-GazabonUniversidad Simón Bolívar, Colombia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Water purification is indispensable to guarantee safe human consumption and to prevent diseases caused by the ingestion of contaminated water. This requires a series of water treatment processes which require investment. However, the economic limitations of rural communities hinder their ability to implement such water-treatment systems, as is the case in Ciénaga Grande of Santa Marta ("Large Swamp", in English) in Colombia. Low-cost systems can be used instead as simple and safe alternatives. Therefore, the objective of this work was to evaluate non-conventional, low-cost water processes to purify the water from the collection point of two stilt house villages in Ciénaga Grande of Santa Marta. These include: 1) Using two natural coagulants,

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Ciénaga Grande of Santa MartaEnvironmental chemical engineeringEnvironmental healthGreen engineeringLow-cost water purificationNon-conventional treatmentPublic healthStilt house villagesWater treatment

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PMID31909250
PMCPMC6938825

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