Ministry of Environment will carry out activities on March 22 and 23 to commemorate World Water Day

The commemoration of World Water Day, held on March 22 of each year, which seeks to raise awareness of its importance to humanity, highlights the Mayor's Office of Bogotá, which creates tools for education and participation with the aim of strengthening environmental culture around water resources.

To commemorate this day, the Ministry of the Environment, in the company of other district entities, will hold different conferences on environmental education and participation so that citizens can connect and learn about the importance of this resource.

Among the events are water singing and cleaning day in the Páramo Piedras de Moyas; a tour of recognition and observation of fauna and flora in the Fucha river channel; a tour of environmental interpretation and cleaning of the Arzobispo river. On March 23, in the Bogotá River and sub-basins of the city, there will be an activity with giant jegan in the Montaña Mirador de los Nevados Ecological District Park.

It is noteworthy that this celebration is an initiative of the United Nations (UN), which was created since 1993 to seek tools that allow adequate water management and guarantee access to this resource globally.

In the case of Bogotá, it is privileged for its water wealth, it has the Sumapaz and Chingaza moors, the latter providing drinking water to about 70% of the capital. In addition, it has four rivers that run through the city: Tunjuelo, Fucha, Juan Amarillo and Torca. Similarly, there are 17 declared wetlands and hundreds of streams and bodies of water that are born in the Eastern Hills.

“In Bogotá we are fortunate because of the wealth of our water sources, we have no problem of water scarcity and we have managed to maintain good water quality with a firm and determined follow-up to ensure that the law and standards are met with the hard work of the authorities. From the Ministry of Environment we call on citizens to take care of the resource, not to pour elements that pollute the water, we must be aware that these waste generates a negative impact,” said the Secretary of Environment, Carolina Urrutia.

He added that “we are committed to maintaining water quality, following up firmly and decisively so that the law and standards are met, that means we make changes in the way we produce, consume and dispose.”

Precisely, in 2021, the Ministry of the Environment and the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Cundinamarca CAR, as environmental authorities, signed the agreement 'Recover the value of water', an initiative that has sought to promote the care of this resource in the region.

It is noteworthy that the administration of Mayor Claudia López has a city-region vision that seeks to protect the paramos system essential to guarantee water security and stop the deterioration of the territory.

“We will continue to comply with the regulatory framework and collaborate with environmental entities, in having schemes that recognize the efforts of our farmers and the inhabitants of the supply areas so that they can conserve these supply spaces and water reaches the city. Of course, in enforcing the law and making sure that it is not being polluted, achieving that great dream of having a clean Bogotá river basin, of course hand in hand with the Aqueduct to maintain the city's water system,” said Urrutia.

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