Abstract

Industrial processes have created environmental problems because of the discharge of pollutants into the environment. Especially the water bodies have been contaminated by HM heavy metals. The Bogotá river has registered a considerable increase in these HM as it advances in its channel towards the Magdalena river without its effects on the benthic ecosystem have been established. The present study used the Bogotá river as a study source. This is born in the municipality of Villapinzón-Colombia and empties into the Magdalena River. The selected sampling points correspond to sectors where anthropogenic activities are carried out. The results showed the relation of its concentration for various metals, developing for each one the calibration curves in the water and the sediments. Although high concentrations were obtained in some sectors, they were within the parameters established by Colombian legislation.

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