ECUADOR, COLOMBIA WATER WATER SHORTAGE

WHERE THIS CITIES GET THERE WATER FROM

Ecuador
Two of the main cities in the Andes have water sources from the paramo. Quito main source comes form la Mica, Rio Pita, Lloa Pichincha and Papallacta.

Cuenca This city gets its water form rivers near the city and paramos. The main sources for this city are Rio machangara and the paramo around the city called Cajas

As the have so many sources they needed to implemented water reservoirs for its storage and distribution. Presa Golillas Embalse la regadera Embalse de chingaza Drcena Embalse San Rafael

WHERE DOES BOGOTA GETS ITS WATER FROM

Bogota depends as the last cities of el paramo and rivers. The main sources that they have are Rio guayabero, Quebrada de Zuate, Quebrada la leona , Rio Guatiqua, Quebrada del whisky

PROBLEM IN QUITO-ECUADOR
Population in Quito dont try to in reducing water usage. Average person daily water usage 250 liters. UK average person 100 liters daily The temperature rise affects the paramos because each time it is retreating back because they are less affective absorb water. More people not enough water
The problem in Quto, the EMAAP is in problems because, the main problems that they are having are:
the expansion in agricultural areas

Deforestation
Fire in the paramo Climate change

What climate change is causing, For the end of the century Ecuador temperature will rice 3-4 degrees eliminating 40% of the paramo

PROBLEM IN BOGOTA
Bogota has a Population of 7 million people and the two biggest reservoirs that most of the city depends, comes from paramos, and river. The first reservore us called Chingaza the second is Tibi Toc. Each time they will be resaving less water.
The raining season lasts but every dry season more of the paramo retreats, this part of it you cant recuperate.

Bogota is suffering the same problems, the climate are making the paramo disappear.

WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR THIS CITIES

For Bogota if they dont do something before 4 year it will be really difficult to recuperate.
There are plans to expand the Chuza reservoir so they resave 24 gallons of water per second. For Quito they have buy an Hacienda in Antisana. This hacienda has a big part of el paramo of Antisana, this will increment the water because the sources that they are using are losing more water because the drought.

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