Forjando capacidad de adaptación al cambio climático en la gestión de recursos hídricos en la cuenca del río Otún

The document details the application of the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) model to the Otún river basin in Colombia to assess water supply and demand under climate change. It identifies the Corporación Autónoma de Risaralda (CARDER) as the primary institutional manager and calculates a total water demand of 10.35 m3/s for human consumption, energy generation, and environmental flows. A key finding is the critical role of the páramo ecosystem, which provides a relatively constant water flow and contributes up to 60% of the flow at Nuevo Libaré during low-flow months like August.

• The project identified the Corporación Autónoma de Risaralda (CARDER) as the primary institutional agent responsible for the administration of water resources and the application of legal instruments for concessions in the Otún river basin.
• The total estimated water demand for the basin is 10.35 m3/s, which is divided into 2.35 m3/s for human consumption in Pereira and Dosquebradas, 5 m3/s for energy generation, and 3 m3/s for the necessary environmental flow after capture.
• The páramo ecosystem, located between 3,000 and 5,000 meters above sea level and covering approximately 10,120 hectares, acts as a flow regulator providing a constant base flow of around 2 m3/s. During low-flow periods in August and September, the páramo contributes approximately 60% of the flow at the Nuevo Libaré multipurpose capture point.
• Using the XLRM framework in March 2013, the project identified five uncertainty factors: climate change, population growth, loss levels, changes in per capita consumption, and consumption in forest and páramo areas. Four adaptation strategies were proposed: conserving strategic ecosystems, water saving and efficiency programs, prioritizing demand versus environmental flows, and building a new reservoir.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2014). Forjando capacidad de adaptación al cambio climático en la gestión de recursos hídricos en la cuenca del río Otún. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Water-sanitation/SEI-USAID-FS-2014-Adaptacion-cambio-climatico-rio-Otun.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Forjando capacidad de adaptación al cambio climático en la gestión de recursos hídricos en la cuenca del río Otún. 2014. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Water-sanitation/SEI-USAID-FS-2014-Adaptacion-cambio-climatico-rio-Otun.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2014forjando, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Forjando capacidad de adaptación al cambio climático en la gestión de recursos hídricos en la cuenca del río Otún}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2014}, url = {https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Water-sanitation/SEI-USAID-FS-2014-Adaptacion-cambio-climatico-rio-Otun.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }