/ Increasing’s analysis in high basin Bogotá’s river using synthetic value methods

Abstract

"For studies of flood control and design of diffe rent structures (bridges, intake, roads, urbani zations, among others) the determination of 
maximum upstream of the current related to 
return periods is needed. To know these values, 
different methods or theories may be used, ha ving as a purpose to analyze the occurrence of 
a downpour, its value and representative when 
generating drainage which is directly related to 
the increase of the river upstream. This docu ment shows the process and the findings in a 
study made in the high basin of Bogota’s river 
limited from their source until the Saucio station located in the Chocontá municipality in 
the Reservoir “El Sisga”, for which the synthetic 
type methods proposed by Snyder and the SCS 
are applied to determine maximum flows.
Results indicate that the SCS methodology pro vides results that are consistent with the recor ded values, while Snyder´s method is far from 
said values. This result leads to suggest that 
the use of such methodologies should be made 
with high objectivity and critical judgment of 
the obtained results."