{"id":17704,"date":"2023-09-06T14:03:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=17704"},"modified":"2023-09-08T14:05:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:05:07","slug":"project-at-ross-island-could-help-stop-the-willamette-river-from-turning-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/project-at-ross-island-could-help-stop-the-willamette-river-from-turning-green\/","title":{"rendered":"El proyecto en la isla Ross podr\u00eda ayudar a evitar que el r\u00edo Willamette se vuelva verde"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">La recurrente proliferaci\u00f3n de algas t\u00f3xicas que plaga el r\u00edo Willamette es, en muchos sentidos, un problema causado por el hombre, y ahora parece tener una soluci\u00f3n creada por el hombre.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>domingo, 6 de septiembre de 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Por: Chris McGinness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kgw.com\/article\/news\/local\/good-energy\/solution-willamette-river-algae-bloom-identified\/283-9e869140-d679-429b-a25d-5391fab6cc90\">KGW 8<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PORTLAND, Oreg\u00f3n \u2014 La proliferaci\u00f3n de algas t\u00f3xicas en el r\u00edo Willamette se ha convertido en un&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kgw.com\/article\/news\/local\/toxic-algae-bloom-willamette-river-downtown-portland-advisories\/283-a02d6c42-0ce9-4486-b5e1-065d9259c818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">problema recurrente de verano<\/a>&nbsp;en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os, haciendo&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kgw.com\/article\/news\/verify\/verify-yes-safe-swim-willamette-river\/283-1843658f-28bc-427a-a980-d30a4006e827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">normalmente apto para nadadores<\/a>&nbsp;v\u00eda fluvial insegura para los habitantes de Portland. El fen\u00f3meno es causado en parte por el aumento de las temperaturas y la abundancia de nutrientes de los r\u00edos, pero hay un tercer factor que podr\u00eda tener una soluci\u00f3n relativamente sencilla: el agua estancada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/desiree-tullos-694bb584\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Desiree Tullos<\/a>, profesor de&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gradwater.oregonstate.edu\/water-resources-engineering-wre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ingenier\u00eda de recursos h\u00eddricos en la Universidad Estatal de Oregon<\/a>, ha pasado los \u00faltimos cinco a\u00f1os ofreciendo su tiempo como voluntaria para estudiar la<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/oha\/PH\/HEALTHYENVIRONMENTS\/RECREATION\/HARMFULALGAEBLOOMS\/Pages\/archive.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;floraci\u00f3n anual de algas<\/a>&nbsp;plagando la laguna de la isla Ross y el r\u00edo Willamette. Dijo que el problema del estancamiento es en gran medida causado por el hombre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;La laguna sol\u00eda ser tres islas separadas&quot;, explic\u00f3 Tullos. \u201cEl r\u00edo flu\u00eda a trav\u00e9s de esas islas, y luego, hace m\u00e1s o menos un siglo, la gente empez\u00f3 a jugar en el r\u00edo. Construyeron un terrapl\u00e9n, sacaron un mont\u00f3n de grava. Y esencialmente lo que eso hizo fue crear un agujero muy profundo en el r\u00edo que apenas estaba conectado al r\u00edo, a trav\u00e9s de una laguna\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El agujero ahora est\u00e1 lleno de agua mayoritariamente estancada, lo que da a las algas m\u00e1s posibilidades de afianzarse. Las floraciones de algas contienen cianotoxinas, que son da\u00f1inas para el salm\u00f3n nativo, peligrosas para las personas y potencialmente fatales para las mascotas si se ingieren.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLa laguna de la isla Ross es un estanque dentro de un r\u00edo. Ahora es una f\u00e1brica de proliferaci\u00f3n de algas da\u00f1inas, lo que realmente est\u00e1 impactando a todo Portland\u201d, dijo Willie Levenson, fundador de la organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/humanaccessproject.com\/about\/what_s_hap_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Proyecto de Acceso Humano<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levenson ha pasado 13 a\u00f1os abogando por el r\u00edo Willamette y por mejorar el acceso p\u00fablico a la v\u00eda fluvial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;La visi\u00f3n de Human Access Project es la de una ciudad enamorada de su r\u00edo, y es muy dif\u00edcil estar orgulloso de tu r\u00edo cuando se vuelve verde en verano y tienes miedo de traer a tus perros y nadar&quot;, dijo Levenson. .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despu\u00e9s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/68f17b5a6ee9411bbbdd9c49356e7892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cinco a\u00f1os de duro trabajo<\/a>, con la ayuda del Departamento de Calidad Ambiental de Oreg\u00f3n, la Autoridad de Salud de Oreg\u00f3n y otras agencias, se ha identificado un camino viable a seguir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPor eso hemos estado utilizando modelos num\u00e9ricos y muchos estudios de campo que comparan estas diferentes alternativas. As\u00ed es como llegamos a la conclusi\u00f3n de que un canal de descarga probablemente sea m\u00e1s efectivo y produzca los mayores beneficios a largo plazo con la menor cantidad de mantenimiento\u201d, dijo Tullos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Es una idea aparentemente simple: hacer un agujero en el terrapl\u00e9n para restaurar parte del flujo natural del r\u00edo, pero a\u00fan requerir\u00e1 algo de trabajo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEs una soluci\u00f3n compleja, pero confiamos en que realmente ayudar\u00e1 a frenar el florecimiento\u201d, dijo Tullos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;Este esfuerzo del Proyecto de Acceso Humano y la Universidad Estatal de Oreg\u00f3n es vital&quot;, dijo el senador Jeff Merkley, quien ayud\u00f3 a conseguir $100.000 en financiaci\u00f3n para estudios adicionales. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Si el&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-announces-committee-passage-of-major-investments-for-oregon-to-bolster-wildfire-resiliency-modernize-water-infrastructure-and-fight-climate-chaos-under-his-chairmanship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Proyecto iniciado por la comunidad del a\u00f1o fiscal 24<\/a>&nbsp;se convierte en ley, los fondos se utilizar\u00e1n para experimentar con las dimensiones y ubicaciones de los canales, estimar el efecto de las configuraciones de los canales en la biomasa de algas y estudiar otras consideraciones de ingenier\u00eda vitales.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recurring toxic algae bloom plaguing the Willamette River is in many ways a human-caused problem, and now it appears to have a human-made solution. 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