Actualización y mejoramiento programa de uso eficiente y ahorro de agua (PUEAA) en el municipio de Santa Rosa de Viterbo Boyacá.

Abstract

The municipality of Santa Rosa de Viterbo is located north of the department of Boyacá on the eastern mountain range, in the province of Tundama, it borders the municipalities of Duitama, Floresta, Cerinza, Tibasosa and Nobsa. Thais municipality is made up of 20 villages: El Salitre, Puerta de Cuche, la Creciente, Tunguaquita, Cachavita, la Chorrera, Gratamira, Egipto, Portachuelo, Quebrada Arriba, El Olivo, Villa Nueva, Quebrada Grande, El Cucubo, La Laguna, Ciraquita and Piedras Blancas (EOT, Santa Rosa De Viterbo). Regarding the hydrological characteristics, the municipality of Santa Rosa de Viterbo belongs to the macro basin of the Magdalena river, to this belong the Suárez and Chicamocha river, the latter highlights its importance due to the Chiticuy sub-basin and the great variety of micro-basins that make up the territory of the municipality of Santa Rosa de Viterbo (Solano W, 2013, Pg. 25). It is necessary to create planning strategies aimed at protecting the water resource through programs that promote the efficient use and saving of water, changing the consumer behavior of the population; with an adequate and sustainable management of the resource and thus prolong it for future generations. The purpose of this internship is to generate a proposal to update the Program for the Efficient Use and Saving of Water, for the water concession of the municipality of Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Boyacá. Santa Rosa de Viterbo is supplied by the Quebrada Grande and Egypt creeks, which belong to the Chicamocha basin. This is captured by means of a nozzle and led to a conventional drinking water plant, which is managed by EMPOVITERBO PUBLIC SERVICES COMPANY.

The design of the PUEAA was carried out in four stages; In the first stage, a bibliographic review is made in which the regulations that apply to this program and the requirements demanded by the Boyacá Regional Autonomous Corporation, CORPOBOYACÁ, are established. In the second, a diagnosis of the supply source and characterization of the drinking water treatment silver structure, identification of losses and water balance of the supply source were made. In the third stage, strategies and plans are proposed to reduce consumption. Subsequently, a social diagnosis is carried out in order to identify the causes of waste of the water resource and thus create strategies to reduce water consumption, with methodologies according to the cultural and social context of the community.