Evaluación del riesgo por procesos de inundación de aguas en el Barrio San José de la Localidad de Bosa

Abstract

During the last decade in Colombia there have been continuous flooding in the rainy season which have left as a result serious effects on health, quality of life and economy of affected populations; since 2010 the District Institute of Risk and Climate Change Idiger has reported 348 flood events and 510 events of flooding in the town of Bosa, of which 45.09% occurred in the neighborhood San Jose. Taking into account the effects on health by ingestion of pathogens is required to assess the level of risk to which the population is exposed through a diagnosis of the existing network and the estimation of exposure to chemical and biological elements in rainwater from flood events.