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| + | ====== Quebrada Limas ====== | ||
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| **About the Creek** | **About the Creek** | ||
| - | The Limas Creek (Quebrada Limas) is a small but significant tributary of the Tunjuelo River, which in turn flows into the larger Bogotá River, one of Colombia’s principal waterways. Within the Ciudad Bolívar-the poorest administrative district of Bogotá-the Limas Creek represents both an ecological and social frontier in the city’s southern periphery, where water from the [[paramo_de_sumapaz|páramo de sumpaz]], flows downhill via small streams and springs to form the Tunjuelo river and finally the Quebrada Limas. | + | The Limas Creek (Quebrada Limas) is a small but significant tributary of the Tunjuelo River, which in turn flows into the larger Bogotá River, one of Colombia’s principal waterways. Within the Ciudad Bolívar-the poorest administrative district of Bogotá-the Limas Creek represents both an ecological and social frontier in the city’s southern periphery, where water from the [[18| paramo_de_sumapaz|páramo de sumpaz]], flows downhill via small streams and springs to form the Tunjuelo river and finally the Quebrada Limas. |
| The river then acts as a direct conduit, flowing southwest-northeast through a mix of rural and urban areas, eventually becoming a tributary of the Tunjuelo River in Bogotá. | The river then acts as a direct conduit, flowing southwest-northeast through a mix of rural and urban areas, eventually becoming a tributary of the Tunjuelo River in Bogotá. | ||
| - | The [[Tunjuelo River]] follows the general course of south to north through the city, with its source in the wetlands of the southern Bogotá Savanna, the remains of the old [[Lake Humboldt]]. It joins the Limas Creek, which originates on the northern slopes of Ciudad Bolívar, and together they continue downstream, part of a larger hydrological network flowing into the Bogotá River basin. | + | The [[34| Tunjuelo River]] follows the general course of south to north through the city, with its source in the wetlands of the southern Bogotá Savanna, the remains of the old [[11| Lake Humboldt]]. It joins the Limas Creek, which originates on the northern slopes of Ciudad Bolívar, and together they continue downstream, part of a larger hydrological network flowing into the Bogotá River basin. |
| This is an interconnected system that underlines how Bogotá' | This is an interconnected system that underlines how Bogotá' | ||
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| **Pollution and waste | An Interpretation by the Creek** | **Pollution and waste | An Interpretation by the Creek** | ||
| - | Quebrada Limas River of Bogotá suffers from heavy pollution due to the improper disposal of [[solid waste]] and [[wastewater]] from untreated domestic and industrial sources from surrounding informal urban settlements. Therefore, different waste management areas, such as the [[Recicladora Los Sauces]] site, are located very close to the creek, increasing its exposure to contamination. | + | Quebrada Limas River of Bogotá suffers from heavy pollution due to the improper disposal of [[27| solid waste]] and [[38| wastewater]] from untreated domestic and industrial sources from surrounding informal urban settlements. Therefore, different waste management areas, such as the [[22| Recicladora Los Sauces]] site, are located very close to the creek, increasing its exposure to contamination. |
| While infrastructural development in the nearby areas can be mapped clearly, it remains distributed unevenly: the regions adjacent to the creek reveal a stark lack of basic infrastructure and environmental management. However, this absence does not necessarily reflect infrastructural " | While infrastructural development in the nearby areas can be mapped clearly, it remains distributed unevenly: the regions adjacent to the creek reveal a stark lack of basic infrastructure and environmental management. However, this absence does not necessarily reflect infrastructural " | ||
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| 1) //Waste Management Systems// | 1) //Waste Management Systems// | ||
| - | The relationship between waste management sites and local waterways in Ciudad Bolívar, for instance, epitomizes systemic governance failures and infrastructural gaps that contribute to enhanced environmental degradation. Waste facilities in the area, like Recicladora Los Sauces, function within a contextual management system characterized by limited regulation and containment measures, which contributes to the generation and migration of [[leachate]]-a toxic by-product in waste decomposition responsible for the contamination of both surface and groundwater. Investigations into Bogotá' | + | The relationship between waste management sites and local waterways in Ciudad Bolívar, for instance, epitomizes systemic governance failures and infrastructural gaps that contribute to enhanced environmental degradation. Waste facilities in the area, like Recicladora Los Sauces, function within a contextual management system characterized by limited regulation and containment measures, which contributes to the generation and migration of leachate, a toxic by-product in waste decomposition responsible for the contamination of both surface and groundwater. Investigations into Bogotá' |
| 2) //Role of Residents// | 2) //Role of Residents// | ||
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| Residents living within the area are the indirect sources of sewage waste due to domestic activities and these sewage wastes are one of the major sources of the rivers pollutions | Residents living within the area are the indirect sources of sewage waste due to domestic activities and these sewage wastes are one of the major sources of the rivers pollutions | ||
| - | 3) //Artistic Movements like [[museo_libre|Museo Libre]]// | + | 3) //Artistic Movements like [[17 |Museo Libre]]// |
| The growing pollution of Limas Creek raised a collective awareness among the local residents and artists about the urgent need for environmental consciousness among the surrounding communities. A group of local artists, concerned by the deterioration of this creek and the lack of awareness about its ecological importance, started a project using public art and graffiti as an educational tool for transformation. Their work was to not only raise awareness of ensuring water bodies are clean and healthy, but also to reinstate the visual and social identity of the area-long stigmatized as an economically marginal and " | The growing pollution of Limas Creek raised a collective awareness among the local residents and artists about the urgent need for environmental consciousness among the surrounding communities. A group of local artists, concerned by the deterioration of this creek and the lack of awareness about its ecological importance, started a project using public art and graffiti as an educational tool for transformation. Their work was to not only raise awareness of ensuring water bodies are clean and healthy, but also to reinstate the visual and social identity of the area-long stigmatized as an economically marginal and " | ||