2. . A 3100 m in the Alto de San Miguel, in the municipality of Caldas,
south of the Aburra Valley, and 100 miles later, with the name of Porce
River, flows into the River Nechi

3. THE RIVER PORCE

4. RIVER NECHI

5. ROUTE
Medellín River is a river that runs through the Colombian
city of Medellín and its metropolitan area.

6. ENDS
The Medellín river loses its name up to the municipality of Barbosa.

9. Training area or water producing zone formed by the tops of the
mountains.
Dumping area formed by the middle parts of the mountains, hills or
mountains. In this area you can see the creeks and streams.
Confluence area or water receiving area formed by the lower parts of
the mountains. In this sector, the creeks and streams unite around a
main river.

10. CAUSE OF POLLUTION
San Fernando plant
Throughout the history of the city, the River fulfilled the role
of landfill wastewater, which is still contaminated today
with tons of organic matter and toxic as cyanide, phenols,
sulfides, solid wastes the rubbish dump, etc.. mercury
and lead. Apart from its inherent pollution, the river has
suffered other problems like deforestation simultaneous

11. POSSIBLE SOLUTION
Due to this problem, the health authorities of our city, created
the challenge of recovering the Medellín River watershed.
This campaign has been a result of organizations working
together to achieve the cleanliness of the River and its
tributaries, as well as garbage collection and wastewater
treatment. This is the case of Public Enterprises, which is
responsible for collecting, transporting, treating and
disposing of sewage is dumped daily at the Rio, through
purification plants; such municipal entity also has installed
a network of pipes parallel to river and its creeks, which are
responsible for collecting the dirty water that comes from
the large number of industries that are from Caldas to
Barbosa

12. WATER PLANTS EPM
. EPM has 10 treatment plants located in the Valle de
Aburrá. These are: Caldas, San Antonio de Prado, Aguas
Frias, San Cristobal, La Ayurá, Waterfall, Mountain, Villa
Hermosa, Springs and Barbosa

13. WATER PURIFICATION PLANTS

14. WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SAN FERNANDO
First major plant secondary type in the country, located in the municipality
of Itagüí. It began operations in its first phase in May 2000, with
installed capacity of 1.8 m3 / s, today discussed the order of 1.3 m3 / s.
This plant is designed with its future expansion, stop treat a maximum
flow of 4.8 m3 / s. There is about 20% of the wastewater generated in the
southern metropolitan area Aburrá Valley, from the towns of Sabaneta,
Envigado Itagüí and La Estrella, and Caldas future. This plant had a
total value for the construction and operation worth about USD $ 130
million and was financed with a loan from the Inter-American
Development Bank.

15. MEMBERS
Dylan Borsi Barrientos
Giancarlo Henao Betancur