Diseño del mapa de riesgo de calidad de agua potable para la subcuenca del río Neusa en el tramo desde la planta hasta la plazuela

Abstract

In Colombia, there have been studies to collect information about the shortfall in the supply of drinking water in different regions of the country, currently a great part of the Colombian population makes use of water with scarce treatment or raw water taken directly from the sources, evidencing affectation in their daily life with potential events of morbidity and mortality from water pollution. From the failures in the management of vital resources for the population, is required to work on establishing a system for the protection and control of water quality in order to monitor, prevent and control the risks to human health caused by their consumption, as established by Decree 1575 of 2007. For this there are tools such as the Water Quality Risks Index- IRCA which shows the degree of risk in the occurrence of diseases related with non-compliances of the chemical, physical and microbiological characteristics of the water for human consumption [1] and the drinking water quality risk map, as an instrument to define inspections, monitoring and risk control activities associated with the quality conditions of the supply basins of water for human consumption.