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Lcation<br />

(Discharge point)<br />

B*ria-Cmcepcion<br />

(Trn6-Telcahuano)<br />

Bahia-Cmcepcion<br />

(San Vicente)<br />

Chiguayante<br />

(Bio-Bio River)<br />

San Pedro<br />

(Bio-Bio River)<br />

Tmr6<br />

Araueo<br />

San Vicente Bay<br />

Bio-Bio River<br />

i) In San Vicente<br />

rneinly due to:<br />

- 270<br />

Table 6 : Pollution by industrial wastes in the VII Region of Chile<br />

(from Castilla, l98l)<br />

Industry Trcatment Discharge Pollutents<br />

vo{ume and other data<br />

m- lday<br />

19 Fishenies<br />

) Shipyerds<br />

I Mining<br />

2 Petrochemicel<br />

I Textile<br />

) Pup and paper<br />

I Textile<br />

2 F isheries<br />

I Pulp and paper<br />

2 Mining<br />

2 Wmd<br />

I Pharmac.c*remical<br />

I Metallurgy<br />

I Cernent<br />

I Plastics<br />

I Tannery<br />

Nme<br />

1,5u0<br />

Nane<br />

Sedimentation 195,610<br />

neutralization<br />

Neutralization& r8rl00<br />

separation of solids<br />

Nme 700<br />

Foam reLainer L7I,37L<br />

sieves<br />

Nste<br />

Nme<br />

Nme<br />

None<br />

?<br />

Decant. neutreliz.<br />

?<br />

?<br />

?<br />

?<br />

4,m0<br />

?<br />

90,000<br />

?<br />

?<br />

2,5OO<br />

?<br />

?<br />

?<br />

?<br />

Organic matter<br />

Various pollutants<br />

Imn reaidues, ammonia,<br />

oils, phenols<br />

Acidity, poseibly Hg<br />

Alkalinity, anilines,<br />

resins<br />

Dissolved solids, fibres,<br />

organic rnatter, dyes,<br />

chlorolignins, sodium<br />

lignate<br />

Analines<br />

Organic rnetter<br />

Dissolved solids, fibres,<br />

organic matter<br />

(lnfiltretion ponds)<br />

(Direct emitter)<br />

Sulfides, phenols, oils<br />

?<br />

(Direct emitter)<br />

(Direct emitter)<br />

?<br />

Pasible sources of oil pollutim ere the refinery and the two oil terminels located in<br />

San Vicente.<br />

The pollution problems in this area can be grmmarized s follows:<br />

Bay and the Bio-Bio Estuary, there are 'rsevere'r pollution problems,<br />

- toxicity from active cfilorine and nplallic rnercuryi<br />

- pollution by heavy nctals;<br />

- pub and paper mill westee, an oil refinery and other industriee;<br />

- leck of treatment of industrial and dqnestic westes;<br />

- harmful effects observed m organisms (crab and seaweeds);<br />

- coastel salt rnershes (Egtero Lenga) and migratory birdg affected by levels of active<br />

chlorine, mercury end cadmium.<br />

. - ii) In the Bay of Cmcepcion-Lc Reyes lelends area, there are also ,eriou8f, pollution<br />

problems due to:<br />

- eutrophication;<br />

- coastal salt rnarshes polluted with residueg of fiehing industriea;<br />

- untreeted dsneetic diacherges (Andalien river), eryecially from Concepcion;<br />

- presence of biological pollutants in leetricted areae reai the effluent dischargee in tfie bay.

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