Modelo de gestión del recurso hídrico bajo lineamientos de la nueva ruralidad. estudio de caso, finca San Luis, Gambita Santander

Abstract

This research study was carried out at the San Luis farm in the municipality of Gambita Santander, with the proposal to propose a water resource management model under the guidelines of the new rurality. For this, 3 important phases were identified (current diagnosis of the area, sustainable use strategies and planning). In the diagnosis made, social, economic and environmental aspects were determined. In the social aspect it was verified that the majority of the population of the municipality is housed in rural areas and as for the economy, said population carries out agricultural activities focused on the traditional, finally on environmental aspects, hydrological and hydraulic simulations are used to determine the percentage of risk in terms of floods that may occur in the farm from the Chontales river, in addition, the water balance was executed through the methodology of the Soil Conservation Service to determine the ecological flow and available over a period of years from 1984 to 2005 and, subsequently, the capacity of the river was carried out to determine the amount of flow present for use in agricultural activities. Regarding the strategies for sustainable use of the water resource, the climatic and environmental characteristics of the San Luis farm were taken into account and different technologies for storage and distribution of the water resource were proposed taking into account its conservation and protection. Finally, various ways of carrying out agricultural crops were proposed in addition to the strategies of sustainable use and the reuse of wastewater and animal manure in agricultural activities, thus giving water use. It is important to emphasize that the research was carried out from a focus on the use of natural resources without compromising the ecological structure of the ecosystem.