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 ====== Tunjuelo River ======
+The Tunjuelo River is an important tributary of the Bogotá River, descending through southernmost city areas, such as Usme, and an essential river, though highly polluted, reflecting urban challenges - a potential resource for greenery and at the same time a target of waste. Like other rivers in the Bogotá basin, it contributes to wetlands that help manage water and regulate floods.
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-Designed by Mónica Páez Pérez and María José Castillo Ortega. Tangrama, 2014.
+(Designed by Mónica Páez Pérez and María José Castillo Ortega. Tangrama, 2014.)
+It originates in the [[18|Paramo de Sumapaz]] south of Bogota and is one of the most important water sources for that city.The origins of the river hold the Páramo ecosystem is a unique infrastructure that can effectively absorb water and store it in vegetation and soil and this ecosystem consists of the [[07|Frailjones]] which establish a unique ecosystem. It then releases water slowly and steadily. At the same time, the Páramo is also the holy place of the Muisca culture. However, the ill-managed growth of the city has endangered both the river and the community and thus causes landslides, flooding, and pollution.
+{{::upper_tunjuelo_river.png?600|}}
+(Yu, 2023)
+For half a century, Tunjuelo River has been contributing to the city's development.  At first, the Tunjuelo River worked as a portable water source. In the mid-20th century, the city extracted concrete, an important building material along the riverland. Today, it is polluted, with high rates of bad odor and water quality problems due to the [[19|unregulated effluents]] stemming from it, hence being a major focus for environmental efforts in Bogotá.
+[[09|Dona Juana landfill]] has the last one of the 9 cells now, which will be used up in at most 3 years. It is polluting the environment through waste liquid and toxic gas.
+The river further get polluted due to the [[38|wastewater]] outlets coming into the river.
+__References__
+Waste and water pollution (2014) Environment & Society Portal. Available at: https://www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/water-bogota/waste-and-water-pollution.
-The Tunjuelo River is an important tributary of the Bogotá River, descending through southernmost city areas, such as Usme, and an essential river, though highly polluted, reflecting urban challenges - a potential resource for greenery and at the same time a target of waste - which urgently calls for integrated solutions in pollution control and urban integration. It also originates in the Sumapaz Páramo south of Bogota and is one of the most important water sources for that city. However, the ill-managed growth of the city has endangered both the river and the community and thus causes landslides, flooding, and pollution.
+Yu (2023) UPPER TUNJUELO RIVER, ArcGIS StoryMaps. Esri. Available at: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7b4ba33e74cf40019e4d637e6f3ae705 (Accessed: 8 December 2025).
-It is polluted, with high rates of bad odor and water quality problems due to the unregulated effluents stemming from it, hence being a major focus for environmental efforts in Bogotá.