Allocation of Groundwater Recharge Zones in a Rural and Semi-Arid Region for Sustainable Water Management: Case Study in Guadalupe Valley, Mexico

Saiz-Rodríguez, Juan Alejandro; Lomelí-Banda, Marcelo A.; Salazar‐Briones, Carlos; Ruiz-Gibert, José Mizael; Mungaray-Moctezuma, Alejandro

doi:10.3390/w11081586

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“…Water is the limiting factor for ecological attributes in arid and semiarid areas, and vegetation dynamics are highly sensitive to alterations in water availability. This indicates that water conveyance is necessary for protecting important vulnerable ecological regions (Alejandro Saiz-Rodriguez et al, 2019). Peterman et al (2014) showed that annual was very sensitive to soil depth in simulations of carbon and hydrological variables.…”

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Analysis and prediction of vegetation dynamics under the background of climate change in Xinjiang, China

Zhuang

Feng

et al. 2020

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Background Vegetation dynamics is defined as a significant indictor in regulating terrestrial carbon balance and climate change, and this issue is important for the evaluation of climate change. Though much work has been done concerning the correlations among vegetation dynamics, precipitation and temperature, the related questions about relationships between vegetation dynamics and other climatic factors (e.g., specific humidity, net radiation, soil moisture) have not been thoroughly considered. Understanding these questions is of primary importance in developing policies to address climate change. Methods In this study, the least squares regression analysis method was used to simulate the trend of vegetation dynamics based on the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) from 1981 to 2018. A partial correlation analysis method was used to explore the relationship between vegetation dynamics and climate change; and further,the revised greyscale model was applied to predict the future growth trend of natural vegetation. Results The Mann-Kendall test results showed that th e air temperature rose sharply in 1997 and had been in a state of high fluctuations since then. Strong changes in hydrothermal conditions had major impact on vegetation dynamics in the area. Specifically, the NDVI value of natural vegetation showed an increasing trend from 1981 to 2018, and the same changes occurred in the precipitation. From 1981 to 1997, the values of natural vegetation increased at a rate of 0.0016 per year. From 1999 to 2009, the NDVI value decreased by an average rate of 0.0025 per year. From 2010 to 2018, the values began an increasing trend and reached a peak in 2017, with an average annual rate of 0.0033. The high vegetation dynamics areas were mainly concentrated in the north and south slopes of the Tianshan Mountains, the Ili River Valley and the Altay area. The greyscale prediction results showed that the annual average NDVI values of natural vegetation may present a fluctuating increasing trend. The NDVI value in 2030 is 0.0196 higher than that in 2018, with an increase of 6.18%. Conclusions Our results indicate that: (i) the variations of climatic factors have caused a huge change in the hydrothermal conditions in Xinjiang; (ii) the vegetation dynamics in Xinjiang showed obvious volatility, and then in the end stage of the study were higher than the initial stage the vegetation dynamics in Xinjiang showed a staged increasing trend; (iii) the vegetation dynamics were affected by many factors,of which precipitation was the main reason; (iv) in the next decade, the vegetation dynamics in Xinjiang will show an increasing trend.

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Analysis and prediction of vegetation dynamics under the background of climate change in Xinjiang, China

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“…Land use in GV is mainly agricultural [40]. Vine and olive crops are the most representative and suitable for development in the semi-arid Mediterranean climate of the region [47]. Geologically, the GA is an unconfined heterogeneous aquifer formed by two tectonic grabens, which resulted from normal faults, filled by unconsolidated Quaternary sediments (gravels, sands, clay lenses, and silts) [43].…”

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“…Land use in GV is mainly agricultural [40]. Vine and olive crops are the most representative and suitable for development in the semi-arid Mediterranean climate of the region [47].…”

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Vulnerability to Aquifer Pollution in the Mexican Wine Producing Valley of Guadalupe, México

Díaz-Gutiérrez,

Daesslé,

Del-Toro-Guerrero

et al. 2024

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Groundwater pollution is one of the main challenges in our society, especially in semi-arid Mediterranean regions. This issue becomes especially critical in predominantly agricultural areas that lack comprehensive knowledge about the characteristics and functioning of their aquifer system. Vulnerability to groundwater pollution is defined as the sensitivity of the aquifer to being adversely affected by an imposed pollution load. For the Guadalupe aquifer, various indicators including water level depth, level variation, aquifer properties, soil composition, topography, impact on the vadose zone, and hydraulic conductivity were evaluated to establish spatial vulnerability categories ranging from very low to very high. Two pollution vulnerability scenarios (wet and dry) were studied. The results were compared with the analysis of nitrate concentration and distribution (2001, 2020, and 2021) from samples collected in the field. In the Calafia area, which predominantly relies on viticulture, the primary recharge inputs were identified in areas with a high vulnerability to pollution. Surprisingly, these vulnerable areas exhibited lower nitrate concentrations. This scenario underscores the need for effective management measures to safeguard aquifers in agricultural regions.

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“…Therefore, it is necessary to carry out actions that allow this situation to be controlled and reversed. For example, Saíz-Rodríguez et al [69] conducted a study to identify possible locations of artificial recharging of the aquifers in the Valley of Guadalupe (Baja Califormia) while González-Trinidad et al [70] did the same for the State of Zacatecas. On the other hand, with respect to agricultural activity, incorporating conservation practices and increasing the organic material of the soil can favour the infiltration of rainwater and increase the productivity of the soil, reducing the water needs of the crops [71].…”

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The Use of Water in Agriculture in Mexico and Its Sustainable Management: A Bibliometric Review

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The development of agricultural activity in Mexico is generating environmental externalities that could compromise its future. One of the principal challenges facing the Mexican agricultural sector is to find a way to continue growing without jeopardising the availability and quality of its water resources. The objective of this article is to analyse the dynamics of the research on the use of water in agriculture in Mexico and its sustainable management. To do this, a review and a bibliometric analysis have been carried out on a sample of 1490 articles. The results show that the research has focused on the pollution of water bodies, climate change, the quality of water, the application of technology in order to make water use more efficient, biodiversity, erosion, agronomic practices that reduce water consumption, underground water sources, and conservation agriculture. Although research focusing on sustainability is still in its infancy, it has become a priority field. A gap in the research has been detected in terms of the economic and social dimensions of sustainability. There is also a lack of holistic studies that include all three of the pillars of sustainability (environmental, economic, and social).

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Allocation of Groundwater Recharge Zones in a Rural and Semi-Arid Region for Sustainable Water Management: Case Study in Guadalupe Valley, Mexico

Cited by 11 publications

References 21 publications

Analysis and prediction of vegetation dynamics under the background of climate change in Xinjiang, China

Analysis and prediction of vegetation dynamics under the background of climate change in Xinjiang, China

Vulnerability to Aquifer Pollution in the Mexican Wine Producing Valley of Guadalupe, México

The Use of Water in Agriculture in Mexico and Its Sustainable Management: A Bibliometric Review

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