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La Voragine - integrated ecological water and sanitation system (ASOVORAGINE)

📍 Colombia · 1997 · ASOVORAGINE (Asociación de Usuarios de Agua y Saneamiento de La Vorágine)

Scale
local
subnational
national
systemic

Description

Peri-urban community on the banks of the Pance River, near Cali, that since 1997 has autonomously operated an integrated, ecological drinking water and wastewater treatment system through ASOVORAGINE. It manages the aqueduct (new system delivered in 2025), operates a treatment plant (PTAR) that treats the wastewater before discharging it into the Pance River, and carries out micro-watershed reforestation and environmental education. Evaluated as a historical case of the DESAFIO project by CINARA.

Linked evidence

La Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales de La Vorágine cumple con altos estándares y no contamina el río PanceAlcaldía de Santiago de Cali · 2024ContextEmpowerment, Resilience and Sustainability: Evaluation of an Integrated Water and Sanitation System in a Rural Community in Colombia (DESAFIO, en español)WATERLAT-GOBACIT Working Papers / Proyecto DESAFIO (FP7, Unión Europea) · 2015Evidence