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Written by Nico Bello in August 2003.
"We were gradually entering a new Argentine territory. Much has been said in our country of the "Systematization of the Bermejo" and the problems that the "Upper Bermejo River Basin" causes over the rest of the country. Here we are, traveling one of the rivers in this basin and part of this conflict zone. The Iruya is considered one of the main rivers in South America in terms of the load of solids it carries."
"It is primarily responsible for the lion-type (brownish-yellow) color of the Paraná River and the high water purification costs incurred by the towns and cities located on its banks.
Moreover, the Iruya river also explains the high dredging cost of the access channels to the port of Buenos Aires, making it one of the most expensive and irrational ports of navigation in the world. The sediments that year after year transform the Paraná Delta have the same origin. More than 60% of the solids carried by the Paraná River come from the Iruya, a small and almost unknown river."
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