Water and public utilities in Medellín
Also inspect 36 rural treatment plants, 26 substations and planning water, sewerage, gas and energy networks within the visible area. Explore the 76 rural water-intake records published by Medellín and 174 sanitary-perimeter polygons from its land-use plan. Find a water system by name, compare intake types and catchments, or distinguish EPM and other-entity sanitary-coverage categories on the map. Inspect individual records and compare this reference with the drainage network.
Explore these layers ↗Historical inventories, not current water availability, outages or service quality. Intake records retain update years from 2003 to 2019; their metadata describes a June 2020 revision. Two El Hato points are in Bello and eight records have no water-system name. Polygons describe coverage and potential coverage under the 2014 land-use plan: all report December 17, 2014, while metadata states a March 19, 2015 revision. They do not certify a property’s connection, service feasibility or continuity. Records are not unique water systems or served households; selected areas do not measure effective population coverage.
GeoSAT · Public mapping
One city. Many ways to read it.
Geovisor view · Municipal Disaster Risk Management Plan scenarios, City of Medellín. Reference mapping: not alerts or events.
How to use itHow to use the map
- Open the prepared query for this theme in the viewer. Search a neighborhood or enter coordinates as latitude, longitude.
- Review enabled layers in the theme and zoom in. Detailed layers require a close scale to keep queries bounded.
- Select a feature on the map or in the Results list. Check its attributes, retrieval time and any partial-result notice.
- Choose a field and exact value to filter the layer. Export includes received results, with attribution and dates. Its coverage depends on the query scope and filters.
Frequently asked questions
What does Water and public utilities include in the Medellín geovisor?
In Medellín’s Water and public utilities you can explore 5 layers: Treatment plants · rural water systems, Electrical substations · 2014 land-use plan, Main utility networks · 2014 land-use plan and 2 more. Each layer states its source, date and use limits.
Can I reuse the Water and public utilities data?
According to each layer’s published license: Cartografía pública municipal · licencia específica no indicada and CC BY-SA 4.0. Check the exact license on the layer record before reuse.
How current are the Water and public utilities data?
Layers declare data dates from 2014-12-17 to 2014-12-17; 2 of 5 have no verified dataset-wide date. Last GeoSAT verification: 2026-09-28.
How do I explore Water and public utilities in the viewer?
Click “Explore these layers” to open the prepared Water and public utilities query; review enabled layers under Layers. Filter by exact field and value, select features to read their records, and export received results with attribution and dates.
Who publishes the Water and public utilities data?
Layers come from Distrito Especial de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Adaptación GeoSAT: selección y nombres de atributos, fechas ISO; geometría WGS84 del servicio sin simplificación · Secretaría de Gestión y Control Territorial · Subsecretaría de Servicios Públicos · Equipo Agua Potable y Saneamiento Básico, Distrito Especial de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Adaptación GeoSAT: selección y nombres de atributos, fechas ISO; geometría WGS84 del servicio sin simplificación, Distrito Especial de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Departamento Administrativo de Planeación · Subdirección de Planeación Territorial y Estratégica de Ciudad · Subdirección de Información, Seguimiento y Evaluación · Adaptación GeoSAT: selección de atributos y consulta WGS84 generalizada según la escala, Distrito Especial de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Secretaría de Medio Ambiente, Subsecretaría de Recursos Naturales Renovables · Adaptación GeoSAT: selección y normalización de atributos públicos; coordenadas WGS84 transformadas por el servicio de origen, sin simplificación, and Distrito Especial de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Departamento Administrativo de Planeación, Subdirección de Planeación Territorial y Estratégica de Ciudad · Adaptación GeoSAT: selección de atributos públicos y fechas UTC ISO; coordenadas WGS84 transformadas por el servicio de origen, sin simplificación, retrieved and adapted by GeoSAT with per-record attribution and provenance.
Which other themes can I explore?
Other themes in the Medellín geovisor: Metro, cableways and tram, Road infrastructure and taxi stands, and Walking and tactical urbanism.
Sources, dates and limits
Each source’s verification date appears in the table. Retrieval time is not the data update date. Small city-wide layers use the full extent; larger layers depend on the visible area. Reference publications retain their original retrieval date. Each page contains up to 500 features: up to 2 MiB for external services and 4 MiB for local publications. Reference publications load matching pages, up to 5,000 features and 8 MiB per query. External services may return partial samples, identified in the viewer.
| Layer and source | Data date | Reuse |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment plants · rural water systemsDistrito Especial de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Adaptación GeoSAT: selección y nombres de atributos, fechas ISO; geometría WGS84 del servicio sin simplificación · Secretaría de Gestión y Control Territorial · Subsecretaría de Servicios Públicos · Equipo Agua Potable y Saneamiento Básico 36 published drinking-water and wastewater treatment plant locations. Original names, providers, processes and territories are retained; one record lists “Barrio 13 de noviembre” in the territory field. No review date is declared. A location does not confirm operations, capacity, water quality or supply coverage. The service declares no specific reuse license. | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | Cartografía pública municipal · licencia específica no indicada |
| Electrical substations · 2014 land-use planDistrito Especial de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Adaptación GeoSAT: selección y nombres de atributos, fechas ISO; geometría WGS84 del servicio sin simplificación 26 published polygons with adoption and update dates of December 17, 2014. The archive includes facilities in neighboring municipalities and retains their full boundaries. Land-use planning reference: it does not establish current operations, power ratings, capacity, ownership, outages or supply coverage. The service declares no specific reuse license. | 2014-12-17Source checked: | Cartografía pública municipal · licencia específica no indicada |
| Main utility networks · 2014 land-use planDistrito Especial de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Departamento Administrativo de Planeación · Subdirección de Planeación Territorial y Estratégica de Ciudad · Subdirección de Información, Seguimiento y Evaluación · Adaptación GeoSAT: selección de atributos y consulta WGS84 generalizada según la escala The service publishes 14,629 segments: 12,204 water supply, 2,099 sewerage, 257 gas and 69 energy. Every record has adoption and update dates of December 17, 2014. Zoom in to query up to 500 segments per area; results may be partial. Geometry is queried from the service and generalized for the map scale. This is a planning reference, not a construction drawing or current operational status: it provides no service connections, capacity, pressure, outages or traffic. The service declares no specific reuse license. | 2014-12-17Source checked: | Cartografía pública municipal · licencia específica no indicada |
| Water intakes · rural inventoryDistrito Especial de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Secretaría de Medio Ambiente, Subsecretaría de Recursos Naturales Renovables · Adaptación GeoSAT: selección y normalización de atributos públicos; coordenadas WGS84 transformadas por el servicio de origen, sin simplificación 76 intake records, not 76 unique water systems. Record years: 2003–2019; metadata describes a June 2020 revision. Eight names are unpublished. Two El Hato points in Bello are retained. Does not establish current operation, potability, flow or supply. | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Sanitary coverage and perimeter · 2014 planDistrito Especial de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Departamento Administrativo de Planeación, Subdirección de Planeación Territorial y Estratégica de Ciudad · Adaptación GeoSAT: selección de atributos públicos y fechas UTC ISO; coordenadas WGS84 transformadas por el servicio de origen, sin simplificación 174 coverage and potential-coverage polygons: five EPM and 169 for other entities. Reference to Agreement 48 of 2014. Records state December 17, 2014; metadata states a March 19, 2015 revision. Does not establish connection, service feasibility or current status. Do not count polygons as unique providers or households, or convert their area into a served population. | 2014-12-17Source checked: | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Display transformations and adaptations are described for each source; precision and methods differ between sources. Obtain official mapping if you need surveying accuracy or documents with administrative validity.