Desde su nacimiento en el municipio de Villa pinzón (provincia de Almeidas), el
rio Bogotá recibe la contaminación proveniente de varias curtiembres
artesanales que arrojan sus desechos al río. Las autoridades han tomado medidas
para sancionar a los responsables de esta contaminación, sin embargo, la
solución a esta problemática es compleja, pues la aplicación de sanciones generalmente
afecta a la población económicamente vulnerable que vive de la industria del
cuero.
Los desechos de las curtiembres no sólo afectan el cauce alto del Bogotá, sino su principal afluente el río Tunjuelo debido a que varios artesanos de Villa Pinzón se han asentado a orillas de este río.
Los desechos de las curtiembres no sólo afectan el cauce alto del Bogotá, sino su principal afluente el río Tunjuelo debido a que varios artesanos de Villa Pinzón se han asentado a orillas de este río.
El desarrollo industrial de la provincia de Sabana
Central introduce una alta cuota de contaminación en el río que a su paso por
Bogotá recibe tres de sus principales afluentes los cuales descargan las aguas
residuales provenientes de la ciudad: el Rio Salitre, el río Fucha y el río
Tunjuelo.
El rio Bogotá es la principal fuente de contaminación del río Magdalena. Entre los contaminantes que lleva su cauce está el cadmio, cromo, mercurio, zinc, arsénico y plomo. El punto máximo de contaminación del río está en sectores de Bogotá donde el nivel de residuos sólidos puede alcanzar un nivel de 400 mg/L[2].
Bogota River Contamination
Since its births in the town of Villa Pinzon (Almeidas’ province), the Bogotá river receives the contamination from various artisanal tanneries which dump their waste into the river. The authorities have taken measures to punish those responsible for this contamination, but the solution to this problem is complex due sanctions usually affects to the economically vulnerable population whom depending of the leather industry.
The waste of the tanneries no only affects Bogota’s river upper riverbed, but its main tributary the Tunjuelo river due to a several Villa pinzon’s artisans have settled on the riverbank.
The waste of the tanneries no only affects Bogota’s river upper riverbed, but its main tributary the Tunjuelo river due to a several Villa pinzon’s artisans have settled on the riverbank.
The industrial development of the province of Sabana Central introduces a high quota of contamination in the river, going through Bogota city, receives three of its main tributaries which discharge wastewater from the city: The Salitre river, Fucha river and Tunjuelo river.
The
Bogotá river at his passing for the Engativa town, between the river mouth of the Juan Amarillo through the Tequendama Falls, is
considered a dead river due does not have macrobiotic life whatsoever.
Are varied the causes: By the load of biological and industrial waste caused by about of eight million people from both the capital and the municipalities of the Sabana, in this section the river is a typical plain river, with a minimum speed accentuating its septicity and do virtually impossible the self-purification due the very high organic loads that it receives. In this section of the river, the water does not have oxygen.
The
Bogota river is the main source of contamination of the Magdalena river. Among the pollutants that carries on his riverbed are the cadmium, chromium, mercury, zinc, arsenic and lead. The highest point of contamination of the Bogota river is at Bogota sectors where the level of solid waste can overtake a 400 mg/L level.
