Author(s): Uribe; Luisa
Linked Author(s): Axel Steven Uribe Rodriguez
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Abstract: The capital of Colombia is Bogota City; it has four rivers that across the city from east to west. Namely Tunjuelito, Fucha, Salitre and Torca. All of them discharge their waters into the Bogota River, which ends in the Magdalena River. Finally, they flow into the Pacific Ocean. Complying with the international commitment, such as Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Goal 6 which Ensure access to water and sanitation for all, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) provision on water governance. Colombia created a National Policy for the Comprehensive Management of Water Resources. It dues in the year 2022 period. This policy regulates Planning and Management Plans for Hydrographic Basins (POMCAS) and water quality objectives are proposed - Ceron, Gamarra, Villamizar, Restrepo & Arenas, 2019, Romanelli & Massone, 2016, Trujillo, Cortes Vinasco, Ortega & Cruz, 2020-. The Fucha River grows up in an exclusive ecosystem: Paramo de Cruz Verde into Andes Mountain range. This important river is located just five kilometres from the edge of the city. Due to city administration, it is divided into four sections, to establish its quality and review fulfilment quality objectives. My research project established General Quality Index for Surface Waters (ICACOSU) for sections 1,2 and 3 and soon it will be established section 4. The fulfilment of the urban water quality objectives is the input for the achievement of the real decontamination of the Bogota River (Pena, Melgarejo & Prats, 2016). Therefore, knowing the current state of urban rivers is the added value offered by this research project, which allows stakeholders to make significant decisions.
Year: 2022