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<journal-id>0379-3982</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Tecnología en Marcha]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Tecnología en Marcha]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0379-3982</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0379-39822020000200003</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18845/tm.v33i2.4165</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Calidad del agua para consumo humano en una comunidad rural: caso Corral de Piedra, Guanacaste, Costa Rica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Water quality for human consumption in a rural community: Case of Corral de Piedra, Guanacaste, Costa Rica]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez-Gutiérrez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rolando]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Benavides-Benavides]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cristina]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Chaves-Villalobos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Quirós-Vega]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Estudios Sociales en Población (IDESPO  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Estudios Sociales en Población (IDESPO  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>3</fpage>
<lpage>16</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0379-39822020000200003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0379-39822020000200003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0379-39822020000200003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El presente trabajo se desarrolló entre los años 2015 y 2018 en la comunidad de Corral de Piedra de Nicoya, en la provincia de Guanacaste. En esta zona existen dos estaciones: seca y lluviosa; no obstante, los embates del cambio climático han propiciado cambios drásticos en los patrones de precipitación y fuertes épocas de sequía. En el estudio se evaluó la calidad del agua para consumo humano que abastece a la comunidad y se determinó que existe alto cumplimiento con lo establecido en el decreto 38924-S en cuanto a los parámetros fisicoquímicos y microbiológicos. Según los criterios de calidad del agua de pozos y nacientes de Mora-Alvarado et ál, los resultados obtenidos para las muestras colectadas en la comunidad de Corral de Piedra, en la mayoría de los sitios de muestreo, indican condiciones de calidad excelente. Además, se realizó una caracterización hidrogeoquímica del agua extraída del pozo mediante el diagrama de Piper, que la identificó como agua de tipo bicarbonatada-cálcica. La aplicación de la matriz de correlación de Kendall arrojó 25 correlaciones significativas, de las cuales pH-nitrato y conductividad-bicarbonato fueron las mayores. Por último, se realizó el análisis de componentes principales, y resultó que 5 componentes principales explican en forma significativa la varianza de los datos (85,6%).]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The present work was developed between 2015 and 2018 in the community of Corral de Piedra, Nicoya, Guanacaste. In this area there are two seasons: dry and rainy; however, drastic climate change has led to extreme changes in rainfall patterns and strong periods of drought. In this study, the quality of communal drinking water was assessed, determining it depicts high compliance with decree 38924-S in terms of physicochemical and microbiological parameters. According to Mora-Alvarado et al (1) wells and springs&#8217; water quality criteria, the results obtained from analysis of most sampling sites in the community of Corral de Piedra showed excellent quality conditions. A hydrogeochemical characterization of the water extracted from the well was carried out using the Piper diagram, resulting in bicarbonated - calcium type water. The application of the Kendall correlation matrix yielded 25 significant correlations, pH - nitrate and conductivity - bicarbonate being the ones with the highest correlation. Finally, the focal components analysis was performed and it showed that 5 main components explained the data variance in a significant way (85,6%).]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[calidad de agua]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[hidrogeoquímica]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[comunidad rural]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Water resources]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[water quality]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[hidrogeochemistry]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[human consumption]]></kwd>
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