Every month, for more than a decade, Cenicaña has sent to the regional autonomous corporations, with jurisdiction in the Cauca river valley, data on the particles present in the atmosphere as a result of the burning of sugarcane during harvesting processes.
Every month, for more than a decade, Cenicaña has sent to the regional autonomous corporations, with jurisdiction in the Cauca river valley, data on the particles present in the atmosphere as a result of the burning of sugarcane during harvesting processes.
However, since this year, these data have additional support from Ideam, which guaranteed the technical competence of the Network in obtaining said information, a fundamental requirement for the renewal of the burning permit.
The government entity accredited that the PM10 Network of the sugar sector complies with the guidelines of the NTC - ISO / IEC 17025: 2005 standard, after a long implementation process that Cenicaña began in 2012.
The Network has been operating since 2005 and has six stations located near the towns of Viterbo, La Virginia, Tuluá, El Cerrito, Candelaria and Villarrica.
"With the accreditation, the associated mills in Asocaña comply with the provisions of the Collective Permit for Atmospheric Emissions for the practice of controlled open burning in rural areas," said the CVC, one of the entities in charge of analyzing the data monitored by the Network managed and operated by Cenicaña.
Through this monitoring system, the sugar sector provides information on particles smaller than ten micrometers present in the air in rural areas, where controlled open burning is usually carried out, and on which the reports issued by the environmental authority are supported.
PM10 refers to particles with a diameter less than or equal to 10 micrometers, the equivalent of one thousandth of a millimeter, and which, due to their size, can enter the respiratory system of humans.