CORPOBOYACA RES-081: Water Pollution Discharge Fees and Contaminant Loads in Colombia

A regulatory dataset tracking retributive fees for point-source water discharges within the jurisdiction of CORPOBOYACA, a Colombian environmental authority. The data likely contains records for industries and public service companies, including contaminant loads, billed amounts, and payment agreements. The dataset is hosted by www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between discharged flow (Caudal vertido) and billed contaminant loads (FACTURACIÓN DBO5, FACTURACIÓN SST) to model fee structures.
• Forecast future pollution reduction by comparing current contaminant loads (Carga actual de SST, Carga Contaminante actual de DBO5) against targets for the end of the five-year period (Carga de SST esperada al final del quinquenio, Carga Contaminante de DBO5 esperada al final del quinquenio).
• Cluster users by economic sector using Código del Sector Económico and Municipality (Municipio donde el usuario realiza el vertimiento) to identify regional pollution patterns.
• Assess enforcement effectiveness by correlating coercive collection amounts (VALOR COBROS COACTIVOS) with user types (Tipo de autorización) or agreement durations (DURACIÓN DEL ACUERDO DE PAGO Y FECHA DE INICIO).

Strengths

• Includes specific regulatory and economic variables such as contaminant loads in kg/year, billed amounts, and payment agreements.
• Columns suggest a clear structure for tracking pollution over time, with baseline, current, and target values for key contaminants (DBO5 and SST).
• Dataset is hosted on a national open data portal (www.datos.gov.co) and has a specific update timestamp (2026-05-18 17:35:41).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality, completeness, and temporal coverage require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Collected by the environmental authority CORPOBOYACA as part of regulatory monitoring and fee collection for point-source water discharges.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:35:41; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Jurisdiction of CORPOBOYACA in Colombia, with municipality-level detail (Municipio donde el usuario realiza el vertimiento).