BACKGROUND AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WATER QUALITY IN THE RIO BUENO BASIN, X LAGOS REGION, CHILE.

Abstract

This article reviews the most recent published works related to the management of water resources in Chile under the concept of ecological quality, summarizing information for the sustainable management of water in the river basin of the Rio Bueno of the Tenth Region of Chile, where the first Provincial Water Board has been formed in the city of Osorno (July 2015). The Water Rights regulated by the Water Code of 1981 and a deficit in integrated territorial planning are the main obstacles toan efficient management of water resources. A contribution is made in relation to the rapid protocols that are applied to the evaluation of the biological quality of the water with benthic macroinvertebrates as indicators, that are widely used in the world.