Modelación Hidrodinámica y de Calidad del Agua en Dos Dimensiones del Cuerpo Hídrico Léntico Zona Sur del Humedal Capellania, Localidad de Fontibón, Bogotá D.C. Colombia con el Software IBER

Abstract

The information that is available about hydrodynamics in lentic water bodies such as wetlands is insufficient, bearing on mind the importance of those which are for regulating ecosystems and hydrological cycle, the service of habitat that lend to varieties of flora and fauna, its usefulness as natural filters and the capacity of these bodies of water to receive unaware discharges to them through their natural dynamics and thus balance water quality. In Colombia, there is hardly knowledge of this topic despite the fact that several zones have been declared for protection, cleaning and environmental awareness. The issue is not clear at all and therefore no research has been made that can help to ensure its protection, continuity and importance. Pointing to the specifics of Bogota wetlands which have been suffered pollution due to the inadequate disposal of waste (solid and liquid) and an excessive anthropic intervention, it is necessary to raise the importance of these within the hydrodynamics and the ecological balance of the city to encourage its protection, recovery and care since not even the local administrations have completed and updated information available from more than 12 wetlands in the city. For this reason, modelling is used for the southern area of the “Humedal Capellanía” in two dimensions implementing the software of free use Iber, which seeks to represent physical, chemical and biological processes that interact with each other and the spatio-temporal variation of them in order to expand the available information and generate alternative scenarios to improve the status of water quality.