Derechos de agua y gestión por cuencas en México. El caso del río Sonora

Pablos, Nicolás Pineda; Váquez, José Luis Moreno; Adams, Alejandro Salazar; Ley, América N. Lutz

doi:10.32870/eees.v21i61.268

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“…The dam allows flow regulation and provides surface water for the city and the coast of Hermosillo, where the main agricultural activities take place. Surface water corresponds to 60% of the total allocated water volume (the remaining 40% is extracted from groundwater), and it is the main source for the lower part of the river basin [22]. Main agricultural and socio-economic activities are concentrated in the lower and flat part of the river basin [23].…”

Section: Sonora Mexicomentioning

confidence: 99%

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Drought Propagation in Semi-Arid River Basins in Latin America: Lessons from Mexico to the Southern Cone

Oertel

Meza

Gironás

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Water

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Detecting droughts as early as possible is important in avoiding negative impacts on economy, society, and environment. To improve drought monitoring, we studied drought propagation (i.e., the temporal manifestation of a precipitation deficit on soil moisture and streamflow). We used the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), Standardized Streamflow Index (SSI), and Standardized Soil Moisture Index (SSMI) in three drought-prone regions: Sonora (Mexico), Maipo (Chile), and Mendoza-Tunuyán (Argentina) to study their temporal interdependence. For this evaluation we use precipitation, temperature, and streamflow data from gauges that are managed by governmental institutions, and satellite-based soil moisture from the ESA CCI SM v03.3 combined data set. Results confirm that effective drought monitoring should be carried out (1) at river-basin scale, (2) including several variables, and (3) considering hydro-meteorological processes from outside its boundaries.

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Section: Sonora Mexicomentioning

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“…Nevertheless, groundwater over-exploitation has led to salinity intrusion with loss of agricultural areas in the coast [21]. Water related conflicts and challenges are recognized by the regional government, but established solutions or programs are often short-term or politically conflicting [22].…”

Section: Sonora Mexicomentioning

confidence: 99%

Drought Propagation in Semi-Arid River Basins in Latin America: Lessons from Mexico to the Southern Cone

Oertel

Meza

Gironás

et al. 2018

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“…In Mexico, since the approval of the National Water Law (LAN) in 1992, the Public Registry of Water Rights (REPDA) carries out the registration and approval of water rights. Although the LAN was enacted in 1992, it was not until 2006 that the REPDA became a reliable database when the water rights registration process was completed (Pineda et al, 2014;Scott et al, 2010).…”

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Using water rights to identify groundwater density areas in the Sonora River basin

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Pablos

Murrieta

2022

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Justification: Although there is general information on the aquifers water balance, it is relevant to have methods to specify which are the most overexploited areas and for which kind of water use.Objective: This study identifies the areas with the highest density of groundwater use in the aquifers of the Sonora River basin.Methodology: The analysis is based on georeferencing 5,342 groundwater right titles, which are converted into areas using the Kernel density method.Results: Seven areas of high-medium density and 10 of medium density are identified. The volume of water and its main uses are estimated for each area.Limitations: Data time period correspond to June 2014.Value: The data time period may be an advantage for subsequent studies, since it provides information on the baseline state prior to the August 2014 mining spill. Conclusions: The method employed allows the identification of water stress areas and might help prevent the overexploitation of aquifers with high level of extraction.

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“…An analysis of REPDA’s database identified concessions in the 15 municipalities of the Río Sonora basin between 1994 and 2011. Pineda Pablos et al (2014: 216) counted 4,413 records of title concessions for water extraction (surface or groundwater) and warned that according to “the most recent studies and availability decrees on surface water for the Río Sonora basin, there is no surface water available in any of its stretches and the basin is in total deficit, meaning, at the very least, that all of the available surface water and probably more than what is assigned is being used.” They also pointed to inconsistencies in REPDA that hampered keeping tabs on the water situation in the basin. Despite this, Lutz Ley (2020:13) has discovered that mining in Sonora has concessions for at least 123 million cubic meters of water per year, equivalent “to the annual volume of urban public use in Hermosillo, the capital of the state.” Of course, this quantity of water far exceeds the 75 million cubic meters annually provided by the Independence Aqueduct.…”

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“Water Pays for Water”: Sonora, An Affluent of National Privatization

Ibarra¹,

Centeno²

2023

Latin American Perspectives

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A status quo has been structured in Mexico that prioritizes the commercial value of water over its socio-environmental value. Sonora is a typical case of the transfer of a common good to the private sphere. The communities historically linked to the two major affluents in the region, the Río Yaqui and the Río Sonora, have experienced this trend firsthand. There, as in the rest of Mexico, a water market has emerged that has led to de facto privatization benefiting the bourgeoisie. En México se ha estructurado un status quo que prioriza el valor comercial del agua sobre su socioambiental. Sonora es un caso típico de transferencia de un bien común a la esfera privada. Las comunidades históricamente vinculadas a los dos principales afluentes de la región, el Río Yaqui y el Río Sonora, han experimentado esta tendencia de primera mano. Allí, como en otras partes de México, ha surgido un mercado del agua que ha llevado a una privatización de facto que beneficia a la burguesía.

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Derechos de agua y gestión por cuencas en México. El caso del río Sonora

Abstract: Derechos de agua y gestión por cuencas en México. El caso del río Sonora SociedadNo. 61

Cited by 12 publications

References 4 publications

Drought Propagation in Semi-Arid River Basins in Latin America: Lessons from Mexico to the Southern Cone

Drought Propagation in Semi-Arid River Basins in Latin America: Lessons from Mexico to the Southern Cone

Using water rights to identify groundwater density areas in the Sonora River basin

“Water Pays for Water”: Sonora, An Affluent of National Privatization

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