Diseño de un sistema de gestión ambiental siguiendo los lineamientos de la norma ISO 14001:2015 para la planta de tratamiento de agua potable Sustag

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Abstract: The Planta de Tratamiento de Agua Potable Sustag, attached to the Drinking Water Operations Department of the Municipal Public Telecommunications Company, Drinking Water, Sewerage and Sanitation of Cuenca ETAPA EP, produces an average of 18,000 m3 per day, under a conventional production system covering: uptake, rapid mixing, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection and storage. The environmental impact assessment concluded that in the PTAP Sustag there are three sub-processes that generate moderate environmental impacts and three that generate severe impacts, according to the Initial Environmental Review, in all cases related to the treatment of sludge and the management of residual water from these processes. The Environmental Management System is based on 32 documents, including procedures, records, formats and a master list of documents, within which compliance with the environmental objectives, vision and mission and the Environmental Policy dictated by the Senior Management of the EMS are sought. The Environmental Management System focuses on the correct management of solid waste, discharges and wastewater management of the purification processes, in search of improvement in the environmental performance of the PTAP, proposes controls and analysis, as well as new provisions for wastewater generated, for which it aims to improve the level of knowledge and commitment of the 17 officials who are part of the plant's technical team. For this work, a format is designed that bears the logo of the institution, the name of the document, in the header. The code, version, pagination, date, name of the person who performs, reviews and approves; and at the end of the document a box is placed with the change control that the document has undergone.