Environmental Engineering debates natural solutions for water problems

On July 1, the Science and Culture Conference of the Faculty of Science and Technology had the School of Environmental Engineering as the protagonist with the theme "Natural infrastructure solutions for the management of hydrographic basins".

"It is an issue that is related to several of the sustainable development goals established by the United Nations, about 15 of these goals are closely related to how we seek solutions based on Nature", indicates Johanna Ochoa, Coordinator of the School.  

For the Coordinator, it is essential to analyze these proposals so that this natural infrastructure can be complemented with the physical infrastructure, which is the one that has been developed the most in these years.

The lecturer was Boris Ochoa, who added to his knowledge of natural infrastructure the theme of ancestral knowledge: how this indigenous knowledge is combined with natural solutions and hydrological engineering.

“We are interested in our students knowing that Environmental Engineering does not only seek to deal with environmental management with issues that remain in a certain way without landing, but that they are in the ability to make calculation, design and planning for management , for example, of aquifer recharges ”, concludes Johanna Ochoa.

For the Coordinator of the newest School of the University of Azuay, this issue is fundamental to generate a better hydrological regulation worldwide, key to other concerns of our time such as erosion, irrigation and climate control.