Valledupar, 06 September 2024
Drummond Energy Inc. delivered to the Corpocesar Regional Autonomous Corporation the piezometric network, a groundwater monitoring system designed to characterize the alluvial hydrogeological unit in the main exploitable aquifers of the Cesar Sub-basin, in the municipalities of La Jagua de Ibirico, Chiriguaná and El Paso, Cesar.
As part of the environmental commitment, and in compliance with the obligation to invest 1% of the Caporo Norte Development Area and La Loma Exploratory Block projects, this project involved the construction of eight (8) monitoring stations consisting of twenty-three (23) piezometers in order to have coverage in the watersheds of the Sicarare and Fernambuco rivers and the San Antonio stream.
With an investment of more than 3 billion pesos, this network will allow a detailed characterization of groundwater in the region, including stratigraphic, physicochemical and hydrogeological aspects. This analysis will provide a statistically representative distribution, essential for the accurate assessment of the quality, quantity and use of groundwater resources in the area.
In addition, it is important to emphasize that the scope of this investment was shaped by several subprojects, among which, in addition to the construction of the network, included the acquisition of software and hardware for the modeling and regional mapping of the aquifers, as well as the training of Corpocesar staff and the strengthening of the entity’s environmental laboratory with new equipment, elements and inputs for the analysis of physicochemical parameters of groundwater that guarantee its operation for two years.
“Together with Corpocesar, we delivered these piezometers that were built for groundwater monitoring, in addition to strengthening the environmental laboratory to implement the monitoring plan. These deliveries will help to properly plan and manage the groundwater resource in the territory,” said Vanessa Villalobos Armenta, environmental supervisor at Drummond Energy.
The delivery of this network, in compliance with the standards established by the National Environmental Licensing Authority, ANLA, represents a significant advance in the sustainable management of water resources in the region. This ensures that Corpocesar has the necessary tools and knowledge to carry out a continuous and detailed assessment of the aquifer.
“This project is of the utmost importance for the region. To know the status, quantity and quality of our groundwater through these 23 wells, divided into 10 stations in the municipalities of Agustin Codazzi, Becerril, La Jagua de Ibirico and Chiriguaná is significant because we will know the state of our groundwater in the Fernambuco, San Antonio and Sicarare river basins,” said Adriana García Arévalo, Managing Director of Corpocesar.
“With the delivery of this project, we aim to strengthen institutionality as well as the capacities of the regional environmental authority for the management of groundwater resources in this jurisdiction, and also, for users to have technical information that guarantees their efficient and responsible use,” said Monica Escandón Rodríguez, HSE and Communities Manager for Drummond Energy Inc.
In this way, Drummond Energy is committed to the 2030 agenda, and with this project contributes to the achievement of the United Nations SDG 6 goals “Clean Water and Sanitation”, contributing to the efficient use of water resources in all sectors through a sustainable use to address scarcity (target 6.4) as well as the implementation of integrated water resources management at all levels (target 6.5).