Consecuencias de la actividad empresarial sobre la calidad ambiental el río Bogotá

Abstract

The Bogotá River is one of the rivers in the department of Cundinamarca, in central Colombia. It is the main river channel of the Bogotá savanna. It is not navigable or mighty. It empties into the Magdalena, which empties into the Caribbean Sea. About 10 million people live in its basin, of which 9 million live in the city of Bogotá. It has an approximate length of 380 km. It presents very high levels of contamination. Although it is contaminated from very close to its source, the bulk of the toxic and industrial and urban waste come from Bogotá. Specifically, since its source in the municipality of Villapinzón, the Bogotá River receives pollution from various artisan tanneries that dump their waste into the river. The objective of this work was to determine the consequences of business activity on the environmental quality of the Bogotá River and to propose measures for its recovery. To achieve this objective, a documentary investigation was carried out based on the exhaustive consultation of secondary sources that allowed characterizing the Bogotá River, describing its main characteristics, location and the activities carried out in its vicinity; describe the main environmental consequences of the activities of the business sector on the Bogotá river; and propose actions, strategies and procedures to face the environmental problem associated with the Bogotá River, both at the governmental level and in the private sector.