RIVER P

ROJET

BORN

. A 3100 m in the Alto de San Miguel, in the municipality of Caldas, south of the Aburra Valley, and 100 miles later, with the name of Porce River, flows into the River Nechi

THE RIVER PORCE

RIVER NECHI

ROUTE

 

Medellín River is a river that runs through the Colombian city of Medellín and its metropolitan area.

ENDS

The Medellín river loses its name up to the municipality of Barbosa.

Medellín River

SAN MIGUEL HIGH

Training area or water producing zone formed by the tops of the mountains.

Dumping area formed by the middle parts of the mountains, hills or mountains. In this area you can see the creeks and streams.

Confluence area or water receiving area formed by the lower parts of the mountains. In this sector, the creeks and streams unite around a main river.

CAUSE OF POLLUTION

San Fernando plant

 

Throughout the history of the city, the River fulfilled the role of landfill wastewater, which is still contaminated today with tons of organic matter and toxic as cyanide, phenols, sulfides, solid wastes the rubbish dump, etc.. mercury and lead. Apart from its inherent pollution, the river has suffered other problems like deforestation simultaneous

POSSIBLE SOLUTION

 Due to this problem, the health authorities of our city, created the challenge of recovering the Medellín River watershed. This campaign has been a result of organizations working together to achieve the cleanliness of the River and its tributaries, as well as garbage collection and wastewater treatment. This is the case of Public Enterprises, which is responsible for collecting, transporting, treating and disposing of sewage is dumped daily at the Rio, through purification plants; such municipal entity also has installed a network of pipes parallel to river and its creeks, which are responsible for collecting the dirty water that comes from the large number of industries that are from Caldas to Barbosa

WATER PLANTS EPM

. EPM has 10 treatment plants located in the Valle de Aburrá. These are: Caldas, San Antonio de Prado, Aguas Frias, San Cristobal, La Ayurá, Waterfall, Mountain, Villa Hermosa, Springs and Barbosa

WATER PURIFICATION PLANTS

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SAN FERNANDO

First major plant secondary type in the country, located in the municipality of Itagüí. It began operations in its first phase in May 2000, with installed capacity of 1.8 m3 / s, today discussed the order of 1.3 m3 / s. This plant is designed with its future expansion, stop treat a maximum flow of 4.8 m3 / s. There is about 20% of the wastewater generated in the southern metropolitan area Aburrá Valley, from the towns of Sabaneta, Envigado Itagüí and La Estrella, and Caldas future. This plant had a total value for the construction and operation worth about USD $ 130 million and was financed with a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank.

MEMBERS

Dylan Borsi Barrientos

Giancarlo Henao Betancur