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Water Resources in Mexico by Úrsula Oswald Spring Pdf
Water resources in Mexico are threatened by scarcity, pollution and climate change. In two decades water consumption doubled, producing water stress in dry seasons and semi-arid and arid regions. Water stress rises due to physical and economic stress. In seven parts a multidisciplinary team analyzes hydrological processes in basins and their interaction with climate, soil and biota. Competing water use in agriculture, industry and domestic needs require savings, decontamination processes and desalination to satisfy the growing demand. Water quality affects health and ecosystems. This creates conflicts and cooperation that may be enhanced by public policy, institution building and social organization.
Water Resources of Mexico by Jose A. Raynal-Villasenor Pdf
This comprehensive volume presents the topic of water resources of Mexico from a different angle. Besides covering the geohydrology it also offers a brief account of the ancient water resources works, explains from where the water is coming, how the water is being used in homes and in the industry, how the dams are operated in the hurricane season, some aspects of the water-energy-food securities nexus and the expectations for the future in connection with global climate change. The book is of interest to every one connected with the water resources of Mexico, e.g. federal and state employees of agencies related with water management, water supply and wastewater treatment. It is also of value to those in academia and employed at water related professional associations and the general public.
Academia Nacional de Ingenieria, A.C.,Academia Nacional de la Investigacion Cientifica, A.C.,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources,The Joint Academies Committee on the Mexico City Water Supply
Author : Academia Nacional de Ingenieria, A.C.,Academia Nacional de la Investigacion Cientifica, A.C.,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources,The Joint Academies Committee on the Mexico City Water Supply Publisher : National Academies Press Page : 254 pages File Size : 47,5 Mb Release : 1995-05-08 Category : Nature ISBN : 9780309176378
Mexico City's Water Supply by Academia Nacional de Ingenieria, A.C.,Academia Nacional de la Investigacion Cientifica, A.C.,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources,The Joint Academies Committee on the Mexico City Water Supply Pdf
This book addresses the technical, health, regulatory, and social aspects of ground water withdrawals, water use, and water quality in the metropolitan area of Mexico City, and makes recommendations to improve the balance of water supply, water demand, and water conservation. The study came about through a nongovernmental partnership between the U.S. National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council and the Mexican Academies of Science and Engineering. The book will contain a Spanish-language translation of the complete English text.
Water Availability and Management in Mexico by Elena María Otazo-Sánchez,Amado Enrique Navarro-Frómeta,Vijay P. Singh Pdf
This book presents several complex case studies related to water management and planning in the context of pollution, growing demands, and global climate change in Mexico, but which are also relevant for other countries in Latin America. These concerns are of critical importance for policymakers who are coping with multiple conflicting interests. Water availability in Mexico is polarized, with abundant rainfall and large rivers in the south, and desert-like conditions in the north. The central region, which is the most industrialized, is overpopulated. Mexico City pours millions of cubic meters of “blackwater” into the northern valley daily and receives its clean water from the south. To address these unsustainable conditions, the world's 4th biggest water treatment plant went into operation in 2018. The water infrastructure and governance must satisfy the demands of all sectors, including agricultural, urban, and economic activities. At the same time, water resources are affected by drought, and climate change puts constraints on the supply. As such, regulation and monitoring are important when it comes to adherence to agreed plans and priorities. The book is divided into four sections. 1: Water Availability discusses quantitative aspects, such as supply, methods of calculation, and fracking. 2: Water Quality highlights pollution risks and diagnosis of water resources. 3: Water Allocation examines the sectoral demands and vulnerability due to unsustainable irrigation. 4: Water Governance and Management focuses on laws, urban rules, national parks, planning, and integrated water resources management, among other topics. The chapters include illustrative case studies in Mexico, such as basins, cities, reservoirs, and aquifers, water supply demand assessment, planning, and management.
Water, Food and Welfare by Rosario H. Perez-Espejo,Roberto M. Constantino-Toto,Hilda R. Davila-Ibanez Pdf
This book addresses the following topics: the contemporary model for water management and alternative approaches; the socioeconomic framework, water policy and institutions; water use for food purposes, water-resources inventory and irrigation; manifestations of welfare loss and water prices; change in dietary patterns and water security; hydrological stress and pressures on water availability; groundwater management problems; vulnerability and climate change; water demand of major crops; gray water footprint and water pollution; gray water footprint and mining; virtual water and food trade; estimates of the water footprint of four key cereals, forage, livestock and bottled drinks. It is the result of a cooperation between 16 researchers from eleven Mexican academic institutions.
Author : Scott Whiteford,Roberto Melville Publisher : Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies University of Cali Page : 298 pages File Size : 54,8 Mb Release : 2002 Category : Water resources development ISBN : UCSD:31822032044505
Protecting a Sacred Gift by Scott Whiteford,Roberto Melville Pdf
Protecting a Sacred Gift makes a strong case that culture, gender, place, politics, and history shape Mexico's water resources policy, management strategies, and, ultimately, its physical and cultural landscapes. This edited volume presents diverse disciplinary approaches - anthropology, development studies, geography, history, political science, sociology, and women's studies - all of which converge on theoretical and substantive interest in equity, public participation, and power associated with water. Indeed, the editors make the bold claim that water resources management must go far beyond technological innovation and economic efficiency to include 'visions of fairness in access, protection of the least privileged, engagement of stakeholders in all phases of distribution and maintenance, and a view of development that is sustainable.'
National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program
Author : National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program Publisher : National Academies Press Page : 126 pages File Size : 47,8 Mb Release : 2007-04-06 Category : Science ISBN : 9780309105828
Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Mexico by National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program Pdf
This report contains a collection of papers presented at a workshop in Merida, Mexicoâ€"Strengthening Science-Based Decision Making: Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Mexico. The cross-cutting themes of the workshop were the elements or principles of science-based decision making and the role of the scientific community in ensuring that science is an integral part of the decision making process. Papers included in this volume describe the groundwater resources of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, approaches to managing groundwater in Mexico and governmental and scientific institutions concerned with water resources. Other papers discuss US approaches to managing scarce water resources. Participants in the workshop included representatives from leading scientific and academic institutions, federal state and local governments, non-governmental organizations and businesses.
Water Policy in Mexico by Hilda R. Guerrero García Rojas Pdf
Mexico is currently facing severe problems with water availability, wastage and contamination. The most contaminated and over-exploited water resources are concentrated in the most populated areas of the country, where water is scarcer and its quality makes it unsuitable for a variety of uses, including human consumption. At the same time it is indisputable that water quality is a determining factor in public health and ecosystems. The significant growth in population and industry results in a high demand for water, along with contaminating discharges, few of which are treated – and the impact upon the ecosystems is evident. This book addresses all these topics in a single volume, taking into account the challenges presented by the economic, institutional and environmental considerations in Mexico’s water policy framework.
Irrigation Management Transfer in Mexico by Cecilia M. Gorriz,Ashok Subramanian,José Simas Pdf
Annotation World Bank Technical Paper No. 292.Describes Mexico's experience in decentralizing the operation, maintenance, and management functions in irrigation infrastructure from the central government to water user organizations in the private sector.
Water Resources of North America by Asit K. Biswas Pdf
Leonardo da Vinci, the eminent Renaissance scholar and philosopher said, "water is the driver of nature". Many may have considered it to be an overstatement in the past, but at the beginning of the third millennium, no sane individual would disagree with Leonardo's view. Water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource for most of the world's citizens. The current trends indicate that the overall situation is likely to deteriorate further, at least for the next two decades, unless the water profession eschews its existing "business as usual" practices, which can only allow incremental changes to occur. Somewhat surprisingly, the water profession as a whole neither realised nor appreciated the gravity of the global water situation as late as 1990, even though a few serious scholars have been pointing out the increasing criticality of the situation from around 1982. For example, the seriousness of the crisis was not a major issue, either at the International Conference on W ater and the Environment, which was organised by the UN system in Dublin and also at the UN Conference on Environment and Development at Rio de Janeiro. Held in 1992, both are considered to be important events for the water sector of the past decade. It is now being increasingly recognised that the Dublin Conference was poorly planned and organised, and thus not surprisingly it produced very little, if any, worthwhile and lasting results.