Browsing by Author "Calambas Balanta, Nicolle Andrea"
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Item Planificación para las aguas residuales del municipio de la cumbre en el valle del caucа con enfoque descentralizado mediante el uso del software sireта(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2025) Calambas Balanta, Nicolle Andrea; Tapia Góngora, Stiven Hernando; Bernal Suarez, Diana Paola (Directora)Effective wastewater management is crucial for protecting water resources, ensuring ecosystem sustainability, and mitigating public health risks. Despite advancements, challenges in coverage and quality persist in both urban and rural areas. A comprehensive wastewater planning assessment is therefore vital, with decentralized treatment systems showing particular promise for urban environments. This approach offers advantages such as lower investment costs, phased implementation, risk distribution, and reduced environmental impact from dispersed discharges. This study evaluated the degree of centralization in wastewater management for La Cumbre municipality, Valle del Cauca, using SIRETA software. SIRETA employs a multicriteria analysis considering technological, environmental, social, and institutional factors, alongside a cost-benefit analysis (including fee savings, reuse potential, and dissolved oxygen impact). Analyzing two scenarios, results indicate that a semi-decentralized system is the optimal solution for La Cumbre, achieving 61% prioritization in the SIRETA evaluation compared to 39% for a centralized option. This demonstrates superior costeffectiveness, environmental protection, and adaptability to local conditions.