Implementación de un modelo de transporte de metales pesados del río Suratá, jurisdicción de la Corporación Autónoma para la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB), Santander.

Abstract

Modeling of transport of heavy metals in the Suratá sub-basin constitutes an innovation premise for the Regional Autonomous Corporation for the Defense of the Bucaramanga Plateau (CDMB), given that in the study area until the present research works no models had been used of transport for this type of pollutant. In constant terms, the ADZ aggregate dead zone for advection and dispersion was used, where it became necessary to know specific parameters of the study area, including heavy metal concentrations, solute travel time, advection time, constants of destination of the metals and hydraulic and geometric characteristics of the channel. Modeling the transport of solutes increases the competitiveness of the CDMB, taking into account the mission of monitoring the bodies of water that are within its jurisdiction, specifically the liquid discharges that affect it. This is an essential process to demonstrate the status of the water quality of the Sub-Basin as it is largely supplied to the population of the Bucaramanga metropolitan area, because this water source is captured by the Bosconia plant of the aqueduct of Bucaramanga AMB specifically at points RT-01 and SA-03 located in the Tona and Suratá Rivers respectively.