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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0258-5936</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cultivos Tropicales]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[cultrop]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0258-5936</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Ediciones INCA]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S0258-59362021000300001</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización química y agronómica del agua del río Tapaste, ubicado en el nacimiento de la Cuenca Almendares-Vento]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Chemical and agronomic characterization of Tapaste river water, located at the source of the Almendares-Vento Basin]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Baranda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yenisei]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez-Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro]]></given-names>
</name>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Peña-Icart]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mirella]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Meriño-Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yanitza]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez-Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Reneé]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortega-García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Loreilys]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas (INCA)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San José de las Lajas Mayabeque]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de La Habana Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Granma Departamento de Producción Agrícola ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Granma]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>42</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0258-59362021000300001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0258-59362021000300001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0258-59362021000300001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La escasez y deterioro del agua dulce es uno de los problemas más alarmantes que enfrenta la humanidad en la actualidad. Como estrategia de solución, diferentes administraciones competentes, como la UNESCO y el Real Decreto Legislativo de España, han propuesto la reutilización de las aguas residuales. Cuba no está exenta de estos problemas y su política nacional del agua promueve la aplicación de esta práctica. Por esta razón, el objetivo del presente trabajo fue caracterizar y evaluar la calidad de las aguas del río Tapaste, ubicado en la parte alta del nacimiento de la Cuenca Almendares-Vento. Para la realización del estudio, se estableció una red de monitoreo en el paso del río por la zona urbana del poblado de Tapaste. Los valores de los indicadores evaluados se compararon con los establecidos por la FAO, OMS y el Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Estrategia de Cambio Climático del gobierno de Columbia Británica para su uso en la agricultura, doméstico y conservación de la vida acuática respectivamente. Como principales resultados se encontró que la calidad del agua del río Tapaste no es apropiada para ninguno de los tres usos evaluados, debido a que la concentración de Cd, alcalinidad y DBO5 superan los límites establecidos y en los puntos más contaminados se supera hasta 17, 11 y 22 veces para Cd, alcalinidad y DBO5, respectivamente. La contaminación observada es consecuencia del nivel de estancamiento del agua y de las continuas descargas de residuales urbanos, las cuales varían con el sitio de muestreo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The scarcity and deterioration of fresh water is one of the most alarming problems facing humanity today. As a solution strategy, different competent administrations, such as UNESCO and the Royal Legislative Decree of Spain, have proposed the reuse of wastewater. Cuba is not exempt from these problems and its national water policy promotes the application of this practice. For this reason, the objective of this work was to characterize and evaluate the quality of Tapaste river waters, located in the upper part of Almendares-Vento Basin source. To carry out the study, a monitoring network was established in the river's passage through the urban area of Tapaste town. The values of the evaluated indicators were compared with those established by FAO, WHO and the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Strategy of British Columbia government for use in agriculture, domestic and conservation of aquatic life respectively. As main results, it was found that the quality of the Tapaste river water is not appropriate for any of the three uses evaluated, because the concentration of Cd, alkalinity and BOD5 exceed the established limits and in the most contaminated points it is exceeded up to 17, 11 and 22 times for Cd, alkalinity and BOD5, respectively. The pollution observed is a consequence of the level of water stagnation and the continuous discharges of urban waste, which vary with the sampling site.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[consumo familiar]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[reutilización de aguas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[agriculture]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[water quality]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[biological conservation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[family consumption]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[water reuse]]></kwd>
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