Modelación de la vulnerabilidad al estrés hídrico en pequeñas cuencas andinas: estudio de caso de la cuenca del río Campoalegre, Colombia

This case study describes a project to model water stress vulnerability in the Campoalegre river basin in Colombia. The study aims to develop a water balance, quantify supply and demand, and evaluate how governance challenges and diverse water uses—including hydroelectric, agricultural, and industrial—affect water availability downstream.

• The Campoalegre river basin faces water use conflicts driven by a variety of demands, including human, agricultural, livestock, industrial, aquaculture, and recreational uses, as well as significant hydroelectric water use.
• Water management in the region is complicated by the diversion of water and hydroelectric return flows into the adjacent Chinchiná and Otún basins. Because these basins are managed by separate water management authorities and belong to different planning units, these transfers may not be accounted for, which hinders the implementation of management policies.
• The study's objective is to create a water balance for the Campoalegre basin to quantify supply and demand, understand governance effects, and assess the vulnerability of water demand coverage. This is intended as a decision-making tool for regional environmental authorities who previously lacked such a resource to identify current and future conflicts or the need for rationing.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2020). Modelación de la vulnerabilidad al estrés hídrico en pequeñas cuencas andinas: estudio de caso de la cuenca del río Campoalegre, Colombia. https://www.sei.org/publications/modelacion-de-la-vulnerabilidad-al-estres-hidrico-en-pequenas-cuencas-andinas-estudio-de-caso-de-la-cuenca-del-rio-campoalegre-colombia/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Modelación de la vulnerabilidad al estrés hídrico en pequeñas cuencas andinas: estudio de caso de la cuenca del río Campoalegre, Colombia. 2020. https://www.sei.org/publications/modelacion-de-la-vulnerabilidad-al-estres-hidrico-en-pequenas-cuencas-andinas-estudio-de-caso-de-la-cuenca-del-rio-campoalegre-colombia/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2020modelacin, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Modelación de la vulnerabilidad al estrés hídrico en pequeñas cuencas andinas: estudio de caso de la cuenca del río Campoalegre, Colombia}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2020}, month = jan, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/modelacion-de-la-vulnerabilidad-al-estres-hidrico-en-pequenas-cuencas-andinas-estudio-de-caso-de-la-cuenca-del-rio-campoalegre-colombia/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }