Evaluación de caudales ambientales en el Río Ñirihuau, asociados al proyecto de captación y potabilización de agua para San Carlos de Bariloche

Abstract

Environmental flows are the flows of water, the timing of their application, and the quality of the waters required to maintain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems, as well as the livelihoods and well-being of the people who depend on the ecosystem. The present work evaluates the environmental flows of the Ñirihuau River. Said evaluation is focused on a possible source of water supply for its purification and supply to the city of San Carlos de Bariloche, taking water from the Ñirihuau river. This project has the purpose of supplying the {East area of the urban area, which is currently supplied from a distribution center, which in addition to being distant from the area, has little remaining capacity, limiting the extension of the potable water service to serve in urban growth projects.