IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jresou/v8y2019i2p64-d220577.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

A Proposal for Redesigning the Water Quality Network of the Tunjuelo River in Bogotá, Colombia through a Spatio-Temporal Analysis

Author

Listed:
  • Carlos Andrés Peña-Guzmán

    (Environmental Engineering Program, Universidad Santo Tomas, Cra. 9 #51-11 Bogotá, Colombia)

  • Lina Soto

    (Environmental Engineering Program, Universidad Santo Tomas, Cra. 9 #51-11 Bogotá, Colombia)

  • Angie Diaz

    (Environmental Engineering Program, Universidad Santo Tomas, Cra. 9 #51-11 Bogotá, Colombia)

Abstract

Bogotá is the capital of Colombia and represents the most important urban center in the country. Bogotá’s population and economic growth have accelerated exponentially in recent years and this growth has brought with it a variety of environmental impacts, including degradation of surface water quality. Government agencies have developed the water quality network of Bogotá that spans across four large rivers, including the Tunjuelo. According to measurements since 2009, water quality has changed in association with the dynamics of the city. This article utilizes a spatial and temporal analysis with multivariate statistics (Principal Components Analyses, dendograms, and Kruskal-Wallis) to propose a redesign of the Tunjuelo River water quality network. Based on these analyses, the number of monitoring stations can be reduced from nine to seven and the measurement frequency can be reduced. Together, the proposed spatial and temporal redesign would reduce the sample acquisition and analysis costs across the network by 50%.

Suggested Citation

  • Carlos Andrés Peña-Guzmán & Lina Soto & Angie Diaz, 2019. "A Proposal for Redesigning the Water Quality Network of the Tunjuelo River in Bogotá, Colombia through a Spatio-Temporal Analysis," Resources, MDPI, vol. 8(2), pages 1-14, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jresou:v:8:y:2019:i:2:p:64-:d:220577
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/8/2/64/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/8/2/64/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Erica Gaddis & Alexey Voinov & Ralf Seppelt & Donna Rizzo, 2014. "Spatial Optimization of Best Management Practices to Attain Water Quality Targets," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 28(6), pages 1485-1499, April.
    2. J.B. Ellis, 2013. "Sustainable surface water management and green infrastructure in UK urban catchment planning," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(1), pages 24-41, January.
    3. Sara Todeschini & Sergio Papiri & Carlo Ciaponi, 2018. "Placement Strategies and Cumulative Effects of Wet-weather Control Practices for Intermunicipal Sewerage Systems," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 32(8), pages 2885-2900, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Anna Thoms & Stephan Köster, 2022. "Potentials for Sponge City Implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-21, September.
    2. Rei Itsukushima & Yohei Ogahara & Yuki Iwanaga & Tatsuro Sato, 2018. "Investigating the Influence of Various Stormwater Runoff Control Facilities on Runoff Control Efficiency in a Small Catchment Area," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(2), pages 1-12, February.
    3. Pappalardo, Viviana & La Rosa, Daniele & Campisano, Alberto & La Greca, Paolo, 2017. "The potential of green infrastructure application in urban runoff control for land use planning: A preliminary evaluation from a southern Italy case study," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 26(PB), pages 345-354.
    4. Sara Todeschini & Sergio Papiri & Carlo Ciaponi, 2018. "Placement Strategies and Cumulative Effects of Wet-weather Control Practices for Intermunicipal Sewerage Systems," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 32(8), pages 2885-2900, June.
    5. Alessio Russo & Wing Tung Chan & Giuseppe T. Cirella, 2021. "Estimating Air Pollution Removal and Monetary Value for Urban Green Infrastructure Strategies Using Web-Based Applications," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-17, July.
    6. Katarzyna Rędzińska & Monika Piotrkowska, 2020. "Urban Planning and Design for Building Neighborhood Resilience to Climate Change," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(10), pages 1-19, October.
    7. V. M. Jayasooriya & A. W. M. Ng & S. Muthukumaran & B. J. C. Perera, 2016. "Optimal Sizing of Green Infrastructure Treatment Trains for Stormwater Management," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 30(14), pages 5407-5420, November.
    8. Pietro Piana & Francesco Faccini & Fabio Luino & Guido Paliaga & Alessandro Sacchini & Charles Watkins, 2019. "Geomorphological Landscape Research and Flood Management in a Heavily Modified Tyrrhenian Catchment," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(17), pages 1-22, August.
    9. Erica Honeck & Atte Moilanen & Benjamin Guinaudeau & Nicolas Wyler & Martin A. Schlaepfer & Pascal Martin & Arthur Sanguet & Loreto Urbina & Bertrand von Arx & Joëlle Massy & Claude Fischer & Anthony , 2020. "Implementing Green Infrastructure for the Spatial Planning of Peri-Urban Areas in Geneva, Switzerland," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-20, February.
    10. Dai, C. & Cai, Y.P. & Ren, W. & Xie, Y.F. & Guo, H.C., 2016. "Identification of optimal placements of best management practices through an interval-fuzzy possibilistic programming model," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 165(C), pages 108-121.
    11. Yang Liu & Liangang Hou & Wei Bian & Banglei Zhou & Dongbo Liang & Jun Li, 2020. "Turbidity in Combined Sewer Sewage: An Identification of Stormwater Detention Tanks," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(9), pages 1-10, April.
    12. Liquete, Camino & Udias, Angel & Conte, Giulio & Grizzetti, Bruna & Masi, Fabio, 2016. "Integrated valuation of a nature-based solution for water pollution control. Highlighting hidden benefits," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 22(PB), pages 392-401.
    13. Vidya Anderson & William A. Gough, 2022. "A Typology of Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Development: An Analysis of Form, Function, Nomenclature, and Associated Applications," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-22, July.
    14. Reynaud, Arnaud & Lanzanova, Denis & Liquete, Camino & Grizzetti, Bruna, 2017. "Going green? Ex-post valuation of a multipurpose water infrastructure in Northern Italy," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 27(PA), pages 70-81.
    15. Sarah J. Tayouga & Sara A. Gagné, 2016. "The Socio-Ecological Factors that Influence the Adoption of Green Infrastructure," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(12), pages 1-17, December.
    16. Vidya Anderson & William A. Gough, 2021. "Harnessing the Four Horsemen of Climate Change: A Framework for Deep Resilience, Decarbonization, and Planetary Health in Ontario, Canada," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-19, January.
    17. Se-Rin Park & Soon-Jin Hwang & Kyungjin An & Sang-Woo Lee, 2021. "Identifying Key Watershed Characteristics That Affect the Biological Integrity of Streams in the Han River Watershed, Korea," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-15, March.
    18. Keith E. Schilling & Jerry Mount & Kelly M. Suttles & Eileen L. McLellan & Phillip W. Gassman & Michael J. White & Jeffrey G. Arnold, 2023. "An Approach for Prioritizing Natural Infrastructure Practices to Mitigate Flood and Nitrate Risks in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-24, January.
    19. Michaela F. Prescott & Meredith F. Dobbie & Diego Ramirez-Lovering, 2021. "Green Infrastructure for Sanitation in Settlements in the Global South: A Narrative Review of Socio-Technical Systems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-21, February.
    20. Vidya Anderson & William A. Gough & Branka Agic, 2021. "Nature-Based Equity: An Assessment of the Public Health Impacts of Green Infrastructure in Ontario Canada," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-17, May.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jresou:v:8:y:2019:i:2:p:64-:d:220577. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.