Diagnóstico de posibles impactos ambientales generados por los vertimientos de la industria láctea en el municipio de Ubaté

Abstract

The dairy sector in Ubaté is the main economic activity of the municipality, in which high water consumption is required from the primary producer to the processor of milk and its dairy derivatives, causing discharges of industrial wastewater that can affect the strategic area of ​​the Regional District of Integrated Management -DRMI- of the Fúquene, Cucunubá and Palacio lagoon complex, so initially the history of the dairy sector in the region and in the municipality of Ubaté is shown, the identification of the possible environmental impacts caused in the most common aspects of the production of dairy products such as heat-treated milk, cheese, yogurt and butter, the effects that these discharges can cause in surface water bodies, the analysis of the water quality index –ICA and specific parameters such as dissolved oxygen, pH, biochemical and chemical oxygen demand and total suspended solids, taken from the stations d e monitoring of the water quality of the CAR before and after the municipality, also some of the national support incentives such as Payment for environmental services, green business programs, chamber of commerce and productive Colombia, in order to reach compliance of the guidelines of the Environmental Management Plan - PMA and the water quality objectives for 2020 to promote the good use of water and in general care for the environment while strengthening the dairy sector in the region and the municipality of Ubaté.