Interacción socio económica y ambiental de la microcuenca alta del río Santa Rosa, sitio el Guayabo

Abstract

The environmental services that nature provides are threatened, one of them is the regulation of the hydrological cycle. Water quality and availability depend on the state and good management of the river basins. But man's interactions with them in many cases are not sustainable; agriculture, livestock, mineral extraction, etc., in the upper parts of the basin can cause damage to those who receive the vital liquid downstream. This project focuses on studying those social, economic and environmental interactions that arise at the El Guayabo site, in the parish of Torata and where it was possible to verify that the mining activity has caused extensive pollution for many years since the drains and The main focus of the waste is the high part of the microbasin of the Santa Rosa River, and threatens human health since the water downstream is taken for purification, where the treatment may not be sufficient to reduce the amount of heavy metals such as arsenic. and cadmium These metals were found outside the permissible limits, in addition to chemical analysis, the water was completely acidic. Through field observations and interviews, the level of impact and the pressure exerted on this site could be identified. The mining activity is the main livelihood of all the families that inhabit the Guayabo and there are also small miners, some with permits and others illegal who have some participation in the affection of the river. All the impacts that were found were evaluated in order to prioritize the highest and thus propose solutions.