Sistema experto para la evaluación y prevención de la problemática de contaminación de un río

Abstract

This article reports the implementation of an expert system that supports the design of strategies for reducing the level of concentration of a contaminant in a river, in this case nitrogen, through the application of expert analytical models and simulating the effect of different pollution sources and the implementation of specific environmental management measures on water quality of the river. The sources considered pollutants, also called "Uses of soil" are of two types: agricultural and urban settlements, which are distributed along the stretch of river. The design of the environment on the banks of a river considers the existence of a "Protected Area" in its lower part, where the concentration of nitrogen in the river should not exceed the maximum allowable concentration of 2.44 mg/l. The expert system, developed as a web application, allows a novice user to simulate the environment on the bank of a river through the selection of different distributions of land use along the river and the application of different measures environmental management to control the levels of nitrogen pollution, using a graphical user interface. El system includes cost information generated management measures of pollution applied in the environment on the bank of a river.