Evaluación integral de la calidad del agua del Río Pamplonita a la altura del sector Agua Clara, como apoyo a la subdirección de cambio climático y recurso hídrico de la Corporación Autónoma Regional de la Frontera Nororiental

Abstract

Water is an essential natural resource for living beings, yet it is the most wasted and fragile resource on earth. Although rivers are the ecosystem´s support, human intervention such like domestic and industrial discharges, agricultural and livestock activities have caused serious alterations because many times the self-purification capacity of rivers is not enough and contaminates the natural environment. (CORPONOR, 2020). The Pamplonita River supplies drinking water and is also the main recipient of untreated wastewater in its area of influence, this causes multiple environmental impacts such as the degradation of aquatic biodiversity, air pollution that harms the population and the proliferation of vectors. (CORPONOR, 2020). For this reason, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the water quality of the Pamplonita River, specifically in the Agua Clara section; to this end, information was compiled on the status of this point in the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, finding that its quality has decreased over time. During the months in which support was provided to the climate change and water resources subdirectorate of the Corporación Autónoma Regional de la Frontera Nororiental, physicochemical variables were monitored and an integral evaluation of the resource was carried out, in which a continuous deterioration was evidenced as a result of upstream discharges and anthropic activities carried out in the area.