Funes Fernanda, Teresa Maria Reyna, Lábaque María, Penza Tantiana, and Fulginiti Fabián

Faculty of Physical and Natural Sciences, National University of Córdoba, Argentina

Abstract: This project proposes to evaluate the transport capacity of plastic waste to receiving bodies in urban watersheds because most of the plastics found in the oceans are produced in these. These are an important factor in the problem of litter in the oceans. The oceans have become gigantic waste dumps. The widespread mismanagement of urban waste is polluting the seas to unimaginable levels. In particular, and analyzing the situation in Argentina, the case of the Dupuy sub-basin in the Riachuelo-Matanza basin was considered the river that is most polluted and is usually called the Chernobyl of Argentina, hence the importance of its study. For this, hydrological modeling was carried out and the flow rates and flood levels were determined.