Evaluación de la sostenibilidad en el manejo del recurso hídrico según en la metodología "City Blueprint Framework" en la cuenca alta del rio chicamocha

Abstract

Water is the fundamental support within societies and activity is not conceived without playing a fundamental role, however, its availability is gradually diminished as pollution and excessive waste generation increase. To all this is added the lack of environmental policies on the issue of water resources management. This is the case of the acute pollution that exists in the Upper Basin of the Chicamocha River, being affected by the constant discharges of wastewater from the city of Tunja, passing through the industries of Paipa, Duitama, Sogamoso, until reaching Vado Castro in Tópaga, at the height of Acerías Paz del Río. In this way, and taking into account that the problem of the quality and quantity of water in this region is high, the possibility of evaluating sustainability in the framework of the management of the water resource of the Upper Chicamocha River Basin is conceived through the methodology “City Blueprint Framework” (CBF), which is a diagnostic tool composed of three important evaluation stages, such as the social, economic and environmental spheres of a territory. Furthermore, this methodology introduces in a functional way the issue of basin governance in the national territory, ultimately resulting in the identification of the shortcomings that arise in the area for the aforementioned areas. The application of this methodology in the Upper Chicamocha River Basin was made, as a first measure, from the information collected in the Autonomous Regional Corporation of Boyacá (Corpoboyacá), through a diagnosis of the indicators “Trends and Pressures Index” (TPI ) and “Blue City Index” (BCI) and comparing this assessment with the categorization in different cities in which it has been applied. As a result, a BCI value of between 2-4 was obtained, for which it is described that the basin can be called "wasteful region" presenting greater problems, as had been identified in the initial information analysis, with the low coverage of systems wastewater treatment, high ease of flooding, among other problems that are described in greater detail throughout the text. This research work was carried out within the internship carried out at the Boyacá Regional Autonomous Corporation during the period from January to July 2018.